> Android is developed by Google until the latest changes and updates are ready to be released, at which point the source code is made available to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), an open source initiative led by Google.

[zaire@fedi.absturztau.be]

Android is developed by Google until the latest changes and updates are ready to be released, at which point the source code is made available to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), an open source initiative led by Google.

then it’s not fucking open source

it’s proprietary with a cherry on top, also known as “source-available”, yuck

the “open” in “open source” means a project is developed in the open and open to contributions

[pelle@veganism.social]

@zaire
there is absolutely no requirement to release source code •before• the executables for software to be considered #opensource.

by that standard, the app i am working on now, would not be #opensource even if i release it under #AGPL3, because i have developed it on my own.

let's not confuse software license with development process.

[zaire@fedi.absturztau.be]

@pelle@veganism.social there’s the by the book definition of “”“open source”“” and then there’s real open source

[pelle@veganism.social]

@zaire
yea, it shitty. #fsf also argues the #opensource parts of #android are effectively non-free because #tivoization.