I’m not sure why there is a need for a new FOSS definition. If it is free and open, it’s FOSS. Most Android distribution that are installed on phones you can buy are NOT FOSS. The Google Play Store is not FOSS. The Google Play Services are not FOSS.
The core of Android is FOSS, though, and that is called AOSP - Android Open Source Project. It’s a working smartphone OS. Install F-Droid on it, and you have a FOSS store that’s filled with FOSS.
I mean, sure. Microsoft is about to embrace and extinguish. But I’m not sure if they distorted the original philosophy of FOSS. How so?
I’m not sure why there is a need for a new FOSS definition. If it is free and open, it’s FOSS. Most Android distribution that are installed on phones you can buy are NOT FOSS. The Google Play Store is not FOSS. The Google Play Services are not FOSS.
The core of Android is FOSS, though, and that is called AOSP - Android Open Source Project. It’s a working smartphone OS. Install F-Droid on it, and you have a FOSS store that’s filled with FOSS.
I mean, sure. Microsoft is about to embrace and extinguish. But I’m not sure if they distorted the original philosophy of FOSS. How so?