[jethro_static]

Ok. I will tell U my point. U are telling people that U can take over an Android device (ex. G1)completely. I said no. Even thou that Android is opensource, U cannot take over it on a device. It is not linux on PC. The carrier have full control of android on ur phone. Android on phones is just as free as WM on ur phone. That's is the point.

SDK is used by developers to create apps for the OS. SO when they release the Android SDK, ANybody that know how to program and understand the Android code can make an App and intall it. That's as far freedom that U can get.

U can create custom ROM's for Android too. But the OS is the one released by the the people that develops Android. U just add and remove, tweak ,fix patch it. Like what we do an WM.

If U are a company that has hardware. Only then U can completely overhaul Android, Make another version and slap it in ur hardware. Or Make ur own Android and find a company that will take ur new android version.

U can still make ur own Android version. However, It will be very difficult to run it on a handset that is released by manufacturer.

Are U saying, U can modify android and overhaul it completely and put it on any device that easy?