What is Android?
Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile
devices, based on the Linux kernel, developed by Google and later the Open
Handset Alliance. It allows developers to write managed code in the Java
language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.
Applications written in C and other languages can be compiled to ARM native
code and run, but this development path is not officially supported by Google.
The unveiling of the Android platform on 5 November 2007 was announced with the
founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 48 hardware, software,
and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.
Google released most of the Android code under the Apache license, a
free-software and open source license.
What is The Open Handset Alliance?
Open Handset Alliance, is a consortium of several companies which
include Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel and
NVIDIA, ... These companies which aim to develop technologies that will
significantly lower the cost of developing and distributing mobile devices and
services. The Android platform is the first step in this direction -- a fully integrated
mobile "software stack" that consists of an operating system,
middleware, user-friendly interface and applications.
License
Android is under version 2 of the Apache Software License (ASL).
The Apache license allows manufacturers and mobile operators to innovate using
the platform without the requirement to contribute those innovations back to
the open source community.
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