Android Gingerbread - Under 1Ghz devices need not apply

[JD50]

http://www.opensource.apple.com/release/mac-os-x-1064/



Do you?



Not all of it. Just like all of OS X is not open source, yet nobody is claiming it is.

What part of the Android operating system does not use an OSI approved license? I'm not talking about any apps, I'm talking about the operating system itself.

You claimed that Android is not open source because it runs some closed source software, which is incorrect.

Source model - Free and open source software

Licensing
With the exception of brief update periods, Android has been available as open source since 21 October 2008. Google opened the entire source code (including network and telephony stacks[33]) under an Apache License.[34]
With the Apache License, vendors can add closed-source extensions without submitting those back to the open source community.

Why are you going on about this anyways? You obviously don't care if something is open source or closed source.

 

[dwell]

What part of the Android operating system does not use an OSI approved license? I'm not talking about any apps, I'm talking about the operating system itself.

Android without the Google apps and the Market is not worth much.

You claimed that Android is not open source because it runs some closed source software, which is incorrect.

No, I said Google was using the term "open" for the purpose of marketing.

Why are you going on about this anyways? You obviously don't care if something is open source or closed source.

I only care when the term is misused for the purpose of marketing, and a bunch of platform zealots buy it.

 

[Glitchny]

Why are you going on about this anyways? You obviously don't care if something is open source or closed source.

Dwell is a known apple fanboy and is very hardcore about running his mouth whenever Android is brought up. Nothing he posts is worth reading as he is a general font of asshattery.

 

[sciwizam]

I only care when the term is misused for the purpose of marketing, and a bunch of platform zealots buy it.

Are we talking about android or apple?

 

[tfinch2]

Are we talking about android or apple?

Lulz my thoughts exactly

 

[JD50]

Android without the Google apps and the Market is not worth much.

And how is that different from any other operating system? People run proprietary, closed source software on open source operating systems all the time.

No, I said Google was using the term "open" for the purpose of marketing.

Of course they are, it's one of the things that makes Android phones different from iPhones. It's true, so why wouldn't they say it?

I only care when the term is misused for the purpose of marketing, and a bunch of platform zealots buy it.

And as I just pointed out to you, it's not being misused, it's a true statement. The only people that actually care about Android being open source also understand that not EVERYTHING on an Android phone is OSS. I'm not sure what you're so upset about, there's nothing misleading about calling Android open source.

I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around the fact that you are criticizing a company for their marketing tactics and "platform zealots." You're the biggest "platform zealot" on this whole damn forum.

How can you accuse someone of being a "platform zealot" if they support Android because it's OSS? OSS isn't a platform. I support the platform because it's OSS, not the other way around.

 

[JD50]

nvm, not worth it.

 

[Bateluer]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/android-teams-morrill-discounts-gingerbread-rumors/

Seems it was all fake.

Eldar Murtazin has a pretty decent track record when it comes to smartphone whispers, but his Android 3.0 Gingerbread morsels yesterday are now at odds with someone a bit closer to the dough -- namely, Dan Morrill, Android's Open Source and Compatibility Tech Lead (yeah, that's a bit of a mouth full). Here are a few highlights from his Twitter feed tonight: "I love it when people just make stuff up" (sarcasm, obviously), "rumors are not official announcements," and so on. Sure, he could just be playing coy here, but for now, this is more or less the final word on the matter -- until either Google or the rumor mill heat up again, of course. Guess that's how the, erm, cookie crumbles.