Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS
by jakeargent on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @11:42PM
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Well, there's Cloudready[1] which is ChromeOS for any computer. I installed it on mom's laptop (ancient device) and it works well.
Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS
by bitmapbrother on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @12:08AM
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>The status quo right now among android hardware vendors is to violate the GPL
No it's not the status quo. The major OEM's do release their code. Yes, there are some Chinese OEM violators, but that's typical of China.
You can release code and still violate the GPL in other ways. For example, there are binary blobs out there and the GPL is pretty unequivocal on this point: "The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it."
It depends whether the binary blob is a derived work or not.
Re:Google’s not-so-secret new OS
by matthewmacleod on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @03:38AM
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Releasing binary blobs is definitionally not releasing the source, though.
The status quo right now among android hardware vendors is to violate the GPL, and they have faced few if any repercussions for doing so. I wonder if Fuscia is sort of viewed as the way forward to addressing that.
Anyone care to speculate why there isn't a community version of chromium os? I'd donate to it for sure. It sounds like getting android apps working on it would be pretty easy: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?hl=en#!topic...