RFC: split away 'open sourced' Android in a new mailing list (was: Re: Android open sourced)

Jim Ancona jim at anconafamily.com
Tue Nov 4 17:17:28 CET 2008


Marcel wrote:
> At least it's not as open as it could be.
> (Of course this is Google's software and their decision, but I don't think  
> Android is as open as in free software.)

By what definition of "free software" does Android not qualify?

> Another suggestion: treat Android like every other distro - prefix threads 
> with [android] and we can filter ourselves.

Agree.

Jim




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