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by Ambrosia 4615 days ago
Not anyone -- if someone like Samsung decides to fork Android, people using their devices will suddenly find that their Google apps won't work anymore.
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the_mitsuhiko 4615 days ago
That's an argument against Open Source :(
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sp332 4615 days ago
I think you misunderstand. Google's individual apps (like GMail) are closed-source, and only licensed for use on "official" Android builds.
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ddebernardy 4615 days ago
Err... Which Google apps are open source? Or maybe I'm just not getting the objection.
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