Is the Success of Google’s Android a Threat to Free Software?

Glyn Moody of Linux Jour­nal asks Is the Suc­cess of Google’s Android a Threat to Free Soft­ware? .

I think the prob­lem that he’s hav­ing is under­stand­ing pop­u­lar­ity in a mar­ket that’s not con­trolled by the devel­op­ers them­selves. You can’t just cob­ble up an Android phone and use it, you have to buy one from either a car­rier or some­how obtain one and acti­vate it with a car­rier. It’s not like desk­top (or server) Linux.

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