Google Makes Over $92 Billion per Year By Owning Android (their 'open source' operating system)
GnuLinuxDude @ GnuLinuxDude @lemmy.ml Posts 18Comments 586Joined 2 yr. ago

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This is precisely why any argument against gpl is laughable. Android is Linux. But a kernel without a userland is pointless. And that’s how Google operates: they use the kernel (which they want to replace) and then rewrite as much as they can with MIT licensed or proprietary code. The goal being to lock down the platforms in spite of the so-called “open source” software.
This comment is sent from my iPhone where the story is even sadder. Darwin does what Google wishes Linux could do, as far as licensing goes.