| home=true |
| doc.type=licenses |
| @jd:body |
| |
| <div id="mainBodyFixed"> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Android Open Source Project uses a few open source initiative approved open source licenses to enable availability |
| of source code and to accept contributions from individuals and corporations. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| <b>Android Open Source Project license</b> |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The preferred license for the Android Open Source Project is Apache 2.0. Apache 2.0 is a commercial and open source |
| friendly open source license. The majority of the Android platform is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. While |
| the project will strive to adhere to the preferred license, there may be exceptions which will be handled on a case-by-case |
| basis. For example, the Linux kernel patches are under the GPLv2 license with system exceptions, which can be found on kernel.org |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| <b>Contributor License Grants</b> |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| All individual contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to the Android Open Source Project will be required to |
| complete, sign, and submit an Individual Contributor License Grant. The grant can be executed online through the code |
| review tool. The agreement clearly defines the terms under which intellectual property has been contributed to the |
| Android Open Source Project. This license is for your protection as a contributor as well as the protection of the |
| project; it does not change your rights to use your own contributions for any other purpose. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| For a corporation that has assigned employees to work on the Android Open Source Project, a Corporate Contributor License |
| Grant is available. This version of the Grant allows a corporation to authorize contributions submitted by its designated |
| employees and to grant copyright and patent licenses. Note that a Corporate Contributor License Grant does not remove the |
| need for any developer to sign their own Individual Contributor License Grant as an individual, to cover any of their |
| contributions which are not owned by the corporation signing the Corporate Contributor License Grant. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Please note that we based our grants on the ones that the Apache Software Foundation uses, which can be found on its site. |
| </p> |
| |
| </div> |