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notatoad on Feb 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should f...

I believe that's called "moving the goalposts". Android is free. that's what the original discussion was. No, most of the time products based on android as delivered to customers are not free software. But that doesn't mean android isn't free.

rquirk on Feb 8, 2014 | [–]

As usual, RMS had this sussed out years before everyone else realised what was going on http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/sep/19/android-fr...

sixbrx on Feb 10, 2014 | [–]

Well it also implies that Android isn't popular with consumers so isn't much worth talking about, as consumers.

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