Android openness withering as Google withholds Honeycomb code

Google says that it will not be publishing the source code of Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb, in the foreseeable future. The troubling move further erodes Android's openness and will be detrimental to community-driven Android tablet modding efforts.

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I feel like these articles should be clearly marked as "OPINION" pieces.

Agreed. People need to understand that Open Source does not mean Open Development. Fact is, they hacked together something to make Honeycomb what it is today. They (and anyone who has read a review of the Xoom) are simply saying that it's not perfect. Likely, they took shortcuts to code directly for specific hardware on the Xoom... just to get it out in time.

Secondly, everyone has already been told that Ice Cream (Sandwich?) is supposed to be the next real release... Honeycomb simply seems to be an interstitial just to get a tablet out the door. So, I don't get what all this panic is about...