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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by davinic on Thursday August 29, 2019 @10:33AM (#20829824)
They already have contracts with licensing for the Play Store and other apps. Those are not included with the base images and require a contract to be in place.
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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by jacobush on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:21AM (#20830283)
Great. Do you know what those contracts do not say?

"Must keep firmware updated with security fixes."

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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by ummonk on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:16PM (#20830856)
I think the point being made is that they could add that to future contracts.
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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by jacobush on Thursday August 29, 2019 @01:54PM (#20831948)
They could, but they won't, because security is not what is lining Googles coffers.
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