Same kernel, different userland. Point is, Google benefited from code others wrote. Most without compensation from Google. That’s what a fork is. And the license is sticky. Even if they fork it, Google simply cannot “un-GPL” parts of its code that were originally licensed under it. They have to make it available to others, legally.
Check your phone yourself. You’ll find several mentions of open source licenses in the system info section.
Okay. Fair enough with servers but I don’t think saying that smartphones are running Linux is really descriptive. Android is a fork
Same kernel, different userland. Point is, Google benefited from code others wrote. Most without compensation from Google. That’s what a fork is. And the license is sticky. Even if they fork it, Google simply cannot “un-GPL” parts of its code that were originally licensed under it. They have to make it available to others, legally.
Check your phone yourself. You’ll find several mentions of open source licenses in the system info section.
Yeah, open source software is a thing. Not common in all markets but it’s a thing. Open source hardware really is not
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