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byduke_cheetah2003 ( 862933 ) writes:
That's the vote I registered. And I don't. First, correct me if I'm wrong, but.. isn't Android open-source? Anyone can download it and do whatever they want to it, including fork it. So Google requiring vendors to do 'x' to use Android seems really out there in fantasy land. Google has no more rights over Android than anyone else from how I see it.
So the entire fine and anti-trust case kinda falls flat in my eyes. Google has no say in how their code they've put in to the community as open source is us
bypavon ( 30274 ) writes:
AOSP is completely open source. This includes the modified Linux kernel, the runtime, and most of the SDK. Different parts are available under different licenses, some of which are copyleft (require you to redistribute changes under the same license, like GPL, LGPL, Apache), other parts are more permissive (like BSD).
However, not everything you get on a stock android phone is open source, but rather proprietary Google software. Not surprisingly, this includes apps that integrate with Google like the YouTube
bycolonslash ( 544210 ) writes:
> It is not about Google abusing open source Android.
Isn't the EU claiming that Google has a monopoly with the Android OS, and that's supposedly why everything else is an issue?
> It is about them abusing proprietary Google Play.
I really would like to understand how this is abuse. Google is giving away this stuff for free. They have a trademark with Android, and in order for it to be called Android, it needs to include the apps that make it Android. Google should be able to define the Android experienc
bypavon ( 30274 ) writes:
There is nothing wrong with them having proprietary Google Play Service or Store, nor on having compatibility requirements for anyone that creates Android devices using that proprietary software. The antitrust issue arises when you have a dominant position in one market and use it to provide an unfair advantage for an unrelated product. For example, in this case Google requires manufacturers to make Google Search the default if they want make a Android(TM) compatible phone, and the EU decided that Google Search is sufficiently distinct from Android, that it is illegal for Google to mandate the bundling. Similar arguments could be made for something like the YouTube app being a distinct product from Android. I haven't read the EU ruling in detail, so I don't know how far they went.
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