LWD@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoRumour: Google intends to discontinue the Android Open Source Project – OSnewswww.osnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkRumour: Google intends to discontinue the Android Open Source Project – OSnewswww.osnews.comLWD@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarexavier666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoThat’s not what I meant. Will the other OEMs have to pay Google for using Android 17 (since it’s not open-source anymore) ?
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 days agoTo use the word “Android” on their devices, they already have some kind of backroom deal with Google. Nobody really knows what that deal entails, though. It would take a(nother) lawsuit to find out.
That’s not what I meant. Will the other OEMs have to pay Google for using Android 17 (since it’s not open-source anymore) ?
To use the word “Android” on their devices, they already have some kind of backroom deal with Google. Nobody really knows what that deal entails, though. It would take a(nother) lawsuit to find out.