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Re:Most Important Open Source Projects of 2011 by jrockway on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @09:45PM (#3350340)
This is not true. I know people that have contributed code to Android that don't work for Google (etc.) and that have their code on released devices now. Sure, someone may have already fixed the bug by the time you get to see the source code, but if the bug is obscure enough, your code is as good as anyone else's. (Also, features are probably always welcome.)
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Re:Most Important Open Source Projects of 2011 by zobzu on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @12:09AM (#3350714)
so a couple of guys fixed a couple of bugs. even if it were a thousand, bug fixes are not "influence" the code at all.

Cyanogen for example is much more open.

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Re:Most Important Open Source Projects of 2011 by fpgeek on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @12:36AM (#3350784)
I'd argue that that is the big omission. Wherever you come down on Android itself, Cyanogenmod clearly meets the author's criteria for openness, is a technical standout in a new area and it has had a very big 2011.
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