Why Google chose the Apache Software License over GPLv2 for Android  —  Google finally entered the mobile software market by turning the 2005 acquisition of Android into the Open Handset Alliance.  Google hopes to promote third-party mobile software development foster a broad developer community …

Source:   Ars Technica

Author:   Ryan Paul

Link:   http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071106-why…