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It literally uses the Linux kernel.
A heavily modified version that’s proprietary, maybe I would understand AOSP being Linux based but Android just uses Linux code
Open-source.
android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/
Most of Android is proprietary
All of AOSP is open-source. It stands for Android Open-Source Project.
Most applications and services are not, including Google’s. Those aren’t the OS, though.
Much of chip vendors’ BSPs are proprietary as well, but that’s not Android, that’s just the bits that go with the chips they sell.
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 1 year ago
A heavily modified version that’s proprietary, maybe I would understand AOSP being Linux based but Android just uses Linux code
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Open-source.
android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Most of Android is proprietary
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
All of AOSP is open-source. It stands for Android Open-Source Project.
Most applications and services are not, including Google’s. Those aren’t the OS, though.
Much of chip vendors’ BSPs are proprietary as well, but that’s not Android, that’s just the bits that go with the chips they sell.