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Originally Posted by SporkLover
That's just it. You can do that. It's under an open source license. Google released the code. Google doesn't even control the development of Android anymore. They released all of the code (save for the SDK) under opensource license. The Open Handset Alliance now develops Android (which of course Google is a member of).
There is however no benefit of developing Android and building your own release, unless you are cooking up custom ROMs. With such a huge industry supporting the Open Handset Alliance, anyone trying to develop their own release of android is pissing into a 50mph wind.
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Oh ok. the code has been released. Since it's licensed, U have to be a developer to modify Android. As far as the end user is concerned, Developer still have the power to control the OS. They will release an update once in awhile to secure the device from being modified by the user. That is the point.
For example G1. People want want a better firmware like cupcake. But everyone is waiting for the release. If people have total control of the handset, they do not need cupcake. They will have something better than the cupcake. But T-mo and their developer still has control of the device. So in theory, It's opensource freedom. But it's really not.