On: Google confirms Android 4.0 ICS is open source

[sodiumjoe]

Android is Open Source in that Google dumps the source code into the open periodically. It's not developed in the open.

Honeycomb's source was and never will be open.

This is way farther on the 'open' side of the spectrum than any other major mobile OS.

Is this, along with Android's open app marketplace, ability to install arbitrary third party software, and installability on any compatible device enough to warrant Google's marketing as 'open'?

I say yes.

[guelo → sodiumjoe]

> Honeycomb's source was and never will be open.

Honeycomb will be in the git repo since it is what ICS was developed from. The question is if it will be specifically tagged.