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What about the fact that competitors are using the OS without so much as asking Google?

The fact that I can download and build Android is what makes it meaningfully open.

Can you sent me a link to the current HEAD?

You can't download and build what consumers think of as Android.

Right. Being able to fork the OS and release devices like the Kindle Fire do make Android meangingfully open.

Saying 'iOS is more closed' is just obvious.