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Did Google open source Google Play Services when I wasn't looking?


Google Play Services are not part of Android. It's a program written for Android. Android is what you find at http://source.android.com/.

Grandparent mentioned companies like Amazon or Ouya: These companies use Android, but they do not license Google Apps and they therefore do not have Google Play Services on their systems.

Shipping propritary applications with open source software is common and does not make the open source project any less open source.




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