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0 pointsgowld7y ago0 comments

Not quite. The problem is that Google offered Android Open Source for free but then didn't allow its parrtners to use it freely. If they never open sourced Android they wouldn't have this problem.

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guelo7y ago

So you're saying this is an attack on open source licenses that have conditions on them?

thejake07y ago

Microsoft faced a very similar situation, but Windows was never open sourced.

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0 pointsgowld7y ago0 comments

Not quite. The problem is that Google offered Android Open Source for free but then didn't allow its parrtners to use it freely. If they never open sourced Android they wouldn't have this problem.

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guelo7y ago

So you're saying this is an attack on open source licenses that have conditions on them?

thejake07y ago

Microsoft faced a very similar situation, but Windows was never open sourced.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse