On: The Guts of Android

[AretNCarlsen]

"It was a political decision not to use Busybox, rather than a technical one, he said."

Anybody know what that means? Licensing conflict, perhaps?

[cpeterso → AretNCarlsen]

GPL paranoia in part because:

In late 2007, BusyBox also came to prominence for actively prosecuting violations of the terms of its license (the GPL) in US courts.

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/BusyBox

[bostonvaulter2 → AretNCarlsen]

It's probably because busybox is gpl