<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> From what I recall, key portions of Android that are needed for phones are closed source. I think that they took the model from Apple and Darwin (BSD based) where parts like the audio manager are missing.<div><br></div><div> From other sources [1], the lineage and copyright status of Android are suspect as well. I can't see a large company's lawyers allowing a fork.</div><div><br></div><div> ... Glenn</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/most-android-vendors-lost-their-linux.html">http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/most-android-vendors-lost-their-linux.html</a><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 2011-08-20, at 10:03 AM, Colin K wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I'm just shocked that none of these companies have tried just simply forking an android distro of their own for their own devices. or is the licencing not really that open?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:18 AM, John Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jvj@golden.net">jvj@golden.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 2011-08-18 22:45, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">It would be significant if they licensed QNX for other
hardware
vendors, ....<br>
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QNX remains a software product in its own right.<br>
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However, the adaptation of the QNX "ecosystem" to mobile devices
appears to be RIM specific.<br>
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In looking over the "new releases" on the QNX website <a href="http://www.qnx.com/" target="_blank">http://www.qnx.com/ </a><br>
I note that there has been a lot of business activity - outside of the
RIM's mobile development sphere - since the April 2010 acquisition of
the company by RIM.<br>
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And, I suspect that this non-RIM mobile business activity will remain.<br>
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jsquared<br>
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