
This means you can download the source code for Android and change it they way you want it Plus, as Android has been released, in most part, under the Apache license, is not required that you publish the changes you make to the source code. As they have stated “the most important goal is to make sure that Android Software is implemented as widely and compatible as possible, for everyone’s benefit”.Įverything you need to install and run Android apps is entirely open source.

The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) was created to make sure there would always be a open source platform available to innovate the app market. Based on Linux Kernel, this is one of the features that developers find attractive when choosing Android OS to build applications. Android is highly recognized for being an operating system with open source code.
