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Re:Google admits Android 'both open and closed' by andreyf on Wednesday April 13, 2011 @06:11PM (#2444458)
Android, is still, however open source in so much as that Google has released the source under a license that permits derivative works. It is however, not Free Software, as it is Apache licensed.

What definition of FS are you using? Could you clarify which of the four freedoms [0] Android infringes on?

0. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

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