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Android Source Code Gone For Good?

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-for-your-eyes dept.

First time accepted submitter vyrus128 writes "Many people were upset at the revelation, reported here in May, that the Honeycomb version of Android would not be open sourced. But Google promised that the next version, Ice Cream Sandwich, would have full source available. Now that ICS is out, though, the source is nowhere in sight. In the thread, Android's Jean-Baptiste Queru offers the following, as to the question of whether source will ever be made available: 'At the moment I don't have anything to say on that subject.'"

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  1. Re:Umm.... by Moryath · · Score: -1, Redundant

    They also have "development names."

    And just like Windows, Google lies about the feature set and promised stuff that was never delivered. Like the source code.

    Remember, "don't be evil" was replaced with "fuck 'em we have 'em hooked" long ago.

  2. Re:Umm.... by Kotoku · · Score: 1, Redundant

    damn you beat me to it cause I had to login :(

    Well he saved you from making an error. The AOSP repository had some downtime and that announcement just says that the gingerbread source is available again. The ICS source is Android 4.0

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