• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    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.