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Re:Show HN: BitKeeper – Enterprise-ready version control, no... by dave2000 on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @05:59PM (#11671017)
"I'm a bit concerned that it's going to be Android, however, that wins the mobile world since Android is nowhere near the ideal OS from an Open Source and ethical perspective; but, I guess they got the bits right that Larry was suggesting needed to be right."

They've already won; Apple isn't coming back (did they "go thermonuclear" in the end or did that nonsense die with Mr Magical Thinking?).

Don't confuse Android with Google; you can grab the source and do what you want with it, like Cyanogenmod have, or like millions of hobbyists are doing themselves. It's all available with bog standard open source licenses - no need to worry about ethics.

Re:Show HN: BitKeeper – Enterprise-ready version control, no... by SEJeff on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @11:44AM (#11676324)
Not really. AOSP died when Jean-Baptiste Queru quit in protest out of AOSP not really being open source. He works at Yahoo now.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/07/aosp-maintenance-head-lea...

Re:Show HN: BitKeeper – Enterprise-ready version control, no... by dave2000 on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @02:35PM (#11677964)
Was that before or after android overtook iOS though? I'm not that bothered about 1 persons opinion on the licence used.