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Re:Google admits Android 'both open and closed' by Kylekramer on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @04:40PM (#2444084)
Google never had any qualms with releasing phone-centric Android code that anyone could squeeze onto a tablet. Why not release a tablet-centric version that anyone could attempt to squeeze onto a phone?

I am fairly sure they did have qualms [1], and that is exactly why Google is doing this now.

1: http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobil...

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Re:Google admits Android 'both open and closed' by njs12345 on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @08:27PM (#2444872)
To prevent this surely Google could just make the terms under which a 3rd party can distribute the closed-source bundled Android apps (Maps, Market, GMail and so on) more restrictive. By doing that they could essentially prevent anyone from shipping a fully functional build of Android commercially without their permission while keeping the source for Honeycomb open and not impacting on hobbyists..
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