09-30-2011, 01:44 PM
I'm a bit in Evan's camp. Since the android market is both not FOSS *and* not freely distributable, android, IMHO, falls a bit short on the whole "open source" thing. I mean sure, the OS is technically open source. But if the very method by which you install applications is closed source, it's kind of a lame duck. (If you ask me) At least where the OS design is concerned. It's fucking *hard* to sideload an application, in contrast to, say, a PC. This is where android has a big failing.
But yes, you're right. Other than honeycomb (oh, and by the way, why the fuck NOT?) all the other versions have freely available source code.
But yes, you're right. Other than honeycomb (oh, and by the way, why the fuck NOT?) all the other versions have freely available source code.
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