Andriod is offered under Apache License, Version 2.0[1]. Which is a part of Open Source Inititive[2]and part of their mission statement is "an end to predatory vendor lock-in."
Reading Apache 2[3] it looks like "an end to predatory vendor lock-in" is acheived by making it possible for anyone to use the source including Microsoft and Apple. If the land can be used by anyone it is hard for me to think of it as a land grab.
Reading Apache 2[3] it looks like "an end to predatory vendor lock-in" is acheived by making it possible for anyone to use the source including Microsoft and Apple. If the land can be used by anyone it is hard for me to think of it as a land grab.
[1] http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html
[2] http://www.opensource.org/
[3] http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0