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Android is licenced under Apache v2 (not GPL) http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_faq.html

I stand corrected. The net effect is the same however.

No, it isn't. Apache License has no virality. HTC Sense is not open-source (and is not even hinted at anywhere on the website you linked to claiming had the source).

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