Quote:
Originally Posted by jksmith
what does open source mean? can i install wm apps on android
|
The idea of Open Source is that the source code, the actual programming, is not hidden from you. If you want your notification bar to be purple, you can reprogram it to be purple. Thing is, you better know a crapload of programming in C++ in order to do it. The advantage of open source, is usually a community behind it. Because there are people who know a crapload, and will change the bar to purple and tell people how to do it.
This does not, however, mean that you can install any application on it. Applications are compiled (translated from programming code into a code readable by the machine) with a certain operating system in mind. Same reason you cannot take a program from your PC and install it on Mac.
The ability to install application on more than 1 OS is called "Cross Platform" and usually has nothing to do with Open Source.
Damn n00b (Just kidding)