baatliwala@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 4 days agoAndroid OS development is going fully private, but Google still wants help from other developerswww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down13
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkAndroid OS development is going fully private, but Google still wants help from other developerswww.androidauthority.combaatliwala@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoIsn’t that sources available, not open source since they aren’t allowing community contributions, or am I misunderstanding that? Kind of like how greyjay is source available but not open source?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoAndroid is licensed under the Apache license 2.0, which is an open source license. Their Linux kernel modifications are licensed under the GPL v2. https://source.android.com/license Accepting contributions is not required to be open source.
Isn’t that sources available, not open source since they aren’t allowing community contributions, or am I misunderstanding that?
Kind of like how greyjay is source available but not open source?
Android is licensed under the Apache license 2.0, which is an open source license. Their Linux kernel modifications are licensed under the GPL v2. https://source.android.com/license
Accepting contributions is not required to be open source.