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              <h1>Content License</h1>

            
            <p>For the purposes of licensing, the content of this web site is divided

            
            into two categories:</p>

            
            <ul>

            
              <li>Documentation content, including both static documentation and content extracted from source

            
              code modules, as well as sample code, and </li>

            
            <li>All other site content</li>

            
            </ul>


            <p>The documentation content on this site is made available to

            
            you as part of the <a href="http://source.android.com">Android Open

            
            Source Project</a>. This documentation, including any code shown in it,

            
            is licensed under the <a

            
            href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache 2.0

            
            license</a>, the preferred license for all parts of the of the Android

            
            Open Source Project.</p>


            <p>Apache 2.0 is a commercial and open-source-friendly software

            
            license. The majority of the Android platform and documentation is

            
            licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. While the project strives to

            
            adhere to the preferred license, there may be exceptions, such as for

            
            documentation (code comments) extracted from a source code module that

            
            is licensed under GPLv2 or other license. In those cases, the license

            
            covering the source code module will apply to the documentation

            
            extracted from it. </p>


            <p>Third-party components of this site such as JavaScript libraries are included in the Android

            
            Open Source Project under the licenses specified by their authors. For information about these

            
            licenses, refer to the source files in the Android Open Source Project.</p>


            <p>All other content on this site, except the license documents themselves

            
            and as otherwise noted, is licensed under the <a

            
            href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/">Creative Commons

            
            Attribution 2.5</a> license. </p>


            <p>You may use the content of this site in any way that is consistent

            
            with the specific license that applies to the content, as described

            
            above. For content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5, we

            
            ask that you give proper <a href="#attribution">attribution</a>. </p>


            <h2 id="terms">Terms of Use</h2>


            <p>We are pleased to license the Android documentation and sample code under

            
            terms that encourage you to take, modify, reuse, re-purpose, and remix the

            
            content as you see fit. Except as noted in the <a href="#restrictions">Restrictions</a> section

            
            below, you

            
            are free to use the documentation content in your own creations. For example,

            
            you could quote the text in a book, cut-and-paste sections to your blog, record

            
            it as an audiobook for the visually impaired, or even translate it. </p>


            <h2 id="restrictions">Restrictions</h2>


            <ul>

            
            <li>While the documentation itself is available to you under the Apache 2.0

            
            license, note that proprietary trademarks and brand features are not

            
            included in that license.</li>


            <li>Google's trademarks and other brand features (including the

            
            <img src="images/android-logo.png" alt="Android"

            
            style="margin:0;padding:0 2px;vertical-align:baseline" /> stylized typeface logo) are not included

            
            in the license.

            
            Please see <a

            
            href="{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/promote/brand.html">Brand Guidelines</a> for

            
            information about this usage. </li>


            <li>In some cases, a page may include content, such as an image, that is not

            
            covered by the license. In that case, we will label the content that is not licensed. </li>


            <li>In addition, content linked from a page on this site is not covered

            
            by the license unless specifically noted. For example, pages may link to videos or

            
            slide decks that are not covered.</li>


            <li>The use of sample source code provided in the SDK or shown in this

            
            documentation is subject to the conditions detailed in the <a

            
            href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache 2.0 license</a>.</li>

            
            </ul>


            <h2 id="attribution">Attribution</h2>

            
            <p>

            
            Proper attribution is required when you reuse or create modified

            
            versions of content that appears on a page made available under the

            
            terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license. On this site, the

            
            requirement for attribution applies only to the non-documentation

            
            content, as described earlier in this document. The complete

            
            requirements for attribution can be found in section 4b of the

            
            <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/legalcode">

            
            Creative Commons legal code</a>.

            
            </p>

            
            <p>

            
             In practice we ask that you provide attribution to the Android Open

            
             Source project to the best of the ability of the medium in which you

            
             are producing the work. There are several typical ways in which this

            
             might apply:

            
            </p>

            
            <h3>Exact Reproductions</h3>

            
            <p>

            
             If your online work <em>exactly reproduces</em> text or images from this

            
             site, in whole or in part, please include a paragraph at the bottom

            
             of your page that reads:

            
            </p>

            
            <p style="margin-left:20px;font-style:italic">

            
             Portions of this page are reproduced from work created and <a

            
             href="http://code.google.com/policies.html">shared by the Android Open Source Project</a>

            
             and used according to terms described in the <a

            
             href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/">Creative Commons

            
             2.5 Attribution License</a>.


            </p>

            
            <p>

            
             Also, please link back to the original source page so that readers can

            
             refer there for more information.

            
            </p>

            
            <h3>Modified Versions</h3>

            
            <p>

            
             If your online work shows <em>modified</em> text or images based on

            
             the content from this site, please include a paragraph at the bottom of

            
             your page that reads:

            
            </p>

            
            <p style="margin-left:20px;font-style:italic">

            
             Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and <a

            
             href="http://code.google.com/policies.html">shared by the Android Open

            
             Source Project</a> and used according to terms described in the <a

            
             href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/">Creative Commons

            
             2.5 Attribution License</a>.

            
            </p>

            
            <p>

            
             Again, please link back to the original source page so that readers can

            
             refer there for more information. This is even more important when

            
             the content has been modified.

            
            </p>

            
            <h3>Other Media</h3>

            
            <p>

            
             If you produce non-hypertext works, such as books, audio, or

            
             video, we ask that you make a best effort to include a spoken or

            
             written attribution in the spirit of the messages above.

            
            </p>


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	<h1>Content License</h1>
	<p>For the purposes of licensing, the content of this web site is divided
	into two categories:</p>
	<ul>
	<li>Documentation content, including both static documentation and content extracted from source
	code modules, as well as sample code, and </li>
	<li>All other site content</li>
	</ul>

	<p>The documentation content on this site is made available to
	you as part of the <a href="http://source.android.com">Android Open
	Source Project</a>. This documentation, including any code shown in it,
	is licensed under the <a
	href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache 2.0
	license</a>, the preferred license for all parts of the of the Android
	Open Source Project.</p>

	<p>Apache 2.0 is a commercial and open-source-friendly software
	license. The majority of the Android platform and documentation is
	licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. While the project strives to
	adhere to the preferred license, there may be exceptions, such as for
	documentation (code comments) extracted from a source code module that
	is licensed under GPLv2 or other license. In those cases, the license
	covering the source code module will apply to the documentation
	extracted from it. </p>

	<p>Third-party components of this site such as JavaScript libraries are included in the Android
	Open Source Project under the licenses specified by their authors. For information about these
	licenses, refer to the source files in the Android Open Source Project.</p>

	<p>All other content on this site, except the license documents themselves
	and as otherwise noted, is licensed under the <a
	href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/">Creative Commons
	Attribution 2.5</a> license. </p>

	<p>You may use the content of this site in any way that is consistent
	with the specific license that applies to the content, as described
	above. For content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5, we
	ask that you give proper <a href="#attribution">attribution</a>. </p>


	<h2 id="terms">Terms of Use</h2>

	<p>We are pleased to license the Android documentation and sample code under
	terms that encourage you to take, modify, reuse, re-purpose, and remix the
	content as you see fit. Except as noted in the <a href="#restrictions">Restrictions</a> section
	below, you
	are free to use the documentation content in your own creations. For example,
	you could quote the text in a book, cut-and-paste sections to your blog, record
	it as an audiobook for the visually impaired, or even translate it. </p>


	<h2 id="restrictions">Restrictions</h2>

	<ul>
	<li>While the documentation itself is available to you under the Apache 2.0
	license, note that proprietary trademarks and brand features are not
	included in that license.</li>

	<li>Google's trademarks and other brand features (including the
	<img src="images/android-logo.png" alt="Android"
	style="margin:0;padding:0 2px;vertical-align:baseline" /> stylized typeface logo) are not included
	in the license.
	Please see <a
	href="{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/promote/brand.html">Brand Guidelines</a> for
	information about this usage. </li>

	<li>In some cases, a page may include content, such as an image, that is not
	covered by the license. In that case, we will label the content that is not licensed. </li>

	<li>In addition, content linked from a page on this site is not covered
	by the license unless specifically noted. For example, pages may link to videos or
	slide decks that are not covered.</li>

	<li>The use of sample source code provided in the SDK or shown in this
	documentation is subject to the conditions detailed in the <a
	href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache 2.0 license</a>.</li>
	</ul>

	<h2 id="attribution">Attribution</h2>
	<p>
	Proper attribution is required when you reuse or create modified
	versions of content that appears on a page made available under the
	terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license. On this site, the
	requirement for attribution applies only to the non-documentation
	content, as described earlier in this document. The complete
	requirements for attribution can be found in section 4b of the
	<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/legalcode">
	Creative Commons legal code</a>.
	</p>
	<p>
	In practice we ask that you provide attribution to the Android Open
	Source project to the best of the ability of the medium in which you
	are producing the work. There are several typical ways in which this
	might apply:
	</p>
	<h3>Exact Reproductions</h3>
	<p>
	If your online work <em>exactly reproduces</em> text or images from this
	site, in whole or in part, please include a paragraph at the bottom
	of your page that reads:
	</p>
	<p style="margin-left:20px;font-style:italic">
	Portions of this page are reproduced from work created and <a
	href="http://code.google.com/policies.html">shared by the Android Open Source Project</a>
	and used according to terms described in the <a
	href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/">Creative Commons
	2.5 Attribution License</a>.

	</p>
	<p>
	Also, please link back to the original source page so that readers can
	refer there for more information.
	</p>
	<h3>Modified Versions</h3>
	<p>
	If your online work shows <em>modified</em> text or images based on
	the content from this site, please include a paragraph at the bottom of
	your page that reads:
	</p>
	<p style="margin-left:20px;font-style:italic">
	Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and <a
	href="http://code.google.com/policies.html">shared by the Android Open
	Source Project</a> and used according to terms described in the <a
	href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/">Creative Commons
	2.5 Attribution License</a>.
	</p>
	<p>
	Again, please link back to the original source page so that readers can
	refer there for more information. This is even more important when
	the content has been modified.
	</p>
	<h3>Other Media</h3>
	<p>
	If you produce non-hypertext works, such as books, audio, or
	video, we ask that you make a best effort to include a spoken or
	written attribution in the spirit of the messages above.
	</p>

	</div>