The Android Open Source Project, or AOSP for short, is an operating system that Google releases under the Apache 2.0 License. Apache 2.0 is a software license that allows anyone to use, distribute ...

The open platform will allow third parties to design and build their own apps and hardware across any operating systems, including Windows, Android and Linux.

This change to private development doesn't come out of the blue—Android feels less open today than it did in the early days. For example, Google has been moving Android features from AOSP into ...