Re: From Lua to Python?

["Paul E. Merrell, J.D." <marbux@...>]

On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Russell Haley [via Lua]
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Android was Apache licensed last I looked.

Actually, it's a mix of licenses. For example, the Linux kernel used
in Android is LGPL. [1]

> The bait and switch that the handset makers did NOT
> see coming is the move of everything useful for Android into the
> proprietary, closed sourced Google Apps application. AOSP is more or
> less unusable unless you're a software developer. No license will
> defend you against that kind of corporate maneuver.

The European Commission has had an antitrust investigation going into
that aspect of Android since 2015. From preliminary statements [2] and
knowing how DG Competition works in its investigations, I'll hazard a
prediction that the Commission is going to come down on Google hard in
that regard.

Not that the Commission has just fined Google 2.4 billion Euros and
ordered it to come up with remedial measures for approval because of
its favoring its own comparison shopping search results in Google
searches. [3] The precedent gives strong clues about the final outcome
in the Android case. Both cases involve giving its own
service/applications competitive advantage, classic antitrust
leveraging of a monopoly in one field to gain an unfair advantage in
another.

Best regards,

Paul [retired lawyer]

[1] <https://source.android.com/source/licenses>.

[2] See e.g., <http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1492_en.htm>.

[3] <http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1784_en.htm>.

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