@Phares, firstly I think Google Andriod is on the right track to move away from Open Source (correction welcome). And this should go for all major software companies out there, there is a dire need to reign in the madness and abuse in this industry. We need to have clear lines of the code market, proprietary and pure freedom. Pure freedom is the benefit for the consumer and should clearly not have any commerce practises that are evident in proprietary sectors, and the license should ensure that such are followed. So if anyone wants to write freedom software and feel they have a point to carry forward, this software can never be used for commercial gain because it is the consumer to benefit from this rights. Not a bunch of 3rd or 4th party code thieves turning the freedom software into some sort of business avenues thus abusing the fundamental goals of consumer gain and choices.

 

 

Google should also not do down the road of using an Open Source methodology. The worldwide economies are heading differently, no one can sustain such a project for long. They should be looking at creating proprietary systems that are afforadbale to the masses in many countries. iPhone does not hold the market segment in Kenya, Nokia does.

 

Some thots.