Google's Android Source code starts to Begin

Google has jut published the source code for source code of its Linux-based Android mobile platform. The platform includes a selection of preexisting open-source components under a wide variety of licenses, including SQLite, WebKit, a modified version of the Linux Kernel, which is distributed under the GNU's General Public License (GPL). The source code released today also includes Google's Dalvik virtual machine and Java-based middleware layer, which are distributed under version 2 of the Apache Software License. The source code is housed in Google's git version control repository. The code can be obtained by installing git and running repo, a wrapper script written in Python that automates some git interaction.

Source: Paul, R (2008,October 21). Google liberates Android source code, so start developing!. Retrieved October 21, 2008, from arstechnica.com Web site: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081021-google-liberates-android-source-code-so-start-developing.html