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Google's Honeycomb Source Code Release Is On Ice

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-quite-yet dept.

itwbennett writes "'Ice Cream Sandwich', that is. Apparently it's source code delay week, as Google joins Apple in delaying the release of source code for open source licensed software. Except, unlike Apple, which promptly released the LGPL WebKit code in question Monday afternoon, Google stated yesterday that it will not release the source code for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) until after the release of the next version of Android (Ice Cream Sandwich). This is not necessarily news, since Google said last month that source code would be held for an indeterminate time and released when it was ready. It's just that now 'indeterminate' has an actual date: post-launch of Ice Cream Sandwich. The question, says blogger Brian Proffitt, is: 'How the heck can they do this, given that Honeycomb is licensed under the Apache Software License v2?'"

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  1. On the other end of things.... by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Apple makes good on their open source promise.

    I guess this is what they mean when they say Android is open and Apple is closed.

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  2. I'll feed the dupe. by crhylove · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I said it yesterday, and I'll say it again today:

    If Google doesn't release the source for an "Open Source" OS, then it's not really FOSS. If they do this on the backs of all the developers globally who have been helping with the code, then they are clearly assholes, and also clearly "Doing some evil", which is against their official company mantra.

    Seriously, I'm sick of large corporations pretending to be Open Source and generating excitement and fans, only to later stab them in the back at their earliest convenience.

    FUCK GOOGLE. FUCK TIVO. FUCK APPLE. And fuck all the other corporations opportunistically taking advantage of Open Source, and then not doing their part by releasing the code.

    I will NEVER give any of these ass-hats my money. EVER. And the rest of you should follow suit.

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  3. Better lawyers and friends by macraig · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Google can do this and get away with it because it has better lawyers and more influential friends than you do. Every other not-so-non-evil entity that wishes it, too, could simply ignore open source licenses will be watching and quietly cheering Google on from the sidelines.