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Comment by Gigachad

3 months ago

Android that ships on the Google pixel is neither open source nor free software. It’s a proprietary OS based on AOSP.

The AOSP version of Android is both open source and free software. Open source and free software are both exactly the same thing.

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niutech  3 months ago

Not necessarily: https://e.foundation/what-is-the-difference-between-free-sof...

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