Google's Schmidt says requiring stock Android would violate 'the principle of open source'

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Sep 25, 2010 8:39 AM EDT
Engadget; By Chris Ziegler
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The suggestion has been made countless times that manufacturers who customize their devices' builds of Android (that is to say, nearly all of them) should have the decency to offer users the option of reverting to a completely clean, stock version of the platform if they so choose. The concept came up at a press lunch featuring Google CEO Eric Schmidt last week, and the dude responded with an interesting explanation for why they don't require that of their partners: "if we were to put those type of restrictions on an open source product, we'd be violating the principle of open source."

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