Google’s Closed Development of Android Opens Old Wounds
Posted on Monday, Sep 12, 2011
Does “open source” mean developing in the open? Or is it good enough – legally and morally – to publicly release the code after the fact, when the next release is ready for market? Is transparency a defining value of the open source community, perhaps even the most important value? Or is it equally valid, and perhaps a better business practice, to keep development closed?