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Is the published Google and the manufacturer's contract Android open?
The monopoly of Android does not stop.The share of Android in 2013 is 78.Four%.2012 66.It is said that the ratio was further increased from 4 %.One of the charms of Android is "free" and "open".However, the confidential treatment contract that Google had interacted with Samsung / HTC was released, and it was revealed that in reality, considerable conditions were followed.It may also affect the antitrust survey on Android in Europe.
It has long been said that there are conditions for the use of Google applications between Google and smartphone makers, but in connection with Oracle vs. Google litigation, the contract content has been revealed.
Agreement between Google and terminal manufacturers that were confidentially treated as a confidentiality?
Although it is the two strong era of Android and iOS, 2013 is the Android year.The 2013 share according to Gartner's research, Android increased 12 points and 78.4 %, one iOS is 19.1 % to 15.Reduced to 6 %.Windows Phone is 2 of the previous year.It has increased from 5 %, but only 1.7 points increase 3.The result is 2 %.
Android is actually used in four of the five smartphones, and it can be said that it is actually one person.The same pattern (iOS / Apple creates a market with a lead, and Android share) on tablets, which were the mainstream of the iPad.
One of the reasons for adopting Android is "free" and "open".This creates an ecosystem where many apps are developed, and as a result, it can be said that the platform is increasing.
Although Android is certainly free, Google has some conditions for Google's license for its mobile application from the agreement on MADA (Mobile Application Distribution AgreeMent).all right.The documents were originally secretly treated, but it was revealed in a lawsuit with Google, which claims that Android infringes Java's intellectual ownership.
It was released by Harvard Business School Benjamin Edelman (here, here, here).This MADA contract was exchanged by Google in HTC and Samsung in 2010 in 2011, and Google has signed by Andy Rubin.
Google says that "all Google Applications can only be distributed on Android devices if they are installed on the device in advance", "Google search and Android Market Client (now Google Play) (now Google Play) is the following default home screen.The words must be installed in the panel displayed in "" "Google search is set as a default search provider for all access points that leads to web search", "Google Applications must be displayed below the top."Lined up.Google Applications refers to Google Search, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, YouTube, Google Maps For Mobile, Google Street View, Contact Sync, etc.
It seems to be fine if it is a type of contract when licensing the OS, and many Android devices have started with Google Play and pre -installed Google apps, so there are rules.I could imagine it.
Google's business model, which publishes Android for free, is not a secret or a secret.Of course, the contract is three to four years ago, and the content may have changed (it is specified that Google can be changed unilaterally in MADA).
But Edelman claims that Google is inconsistent with positioning Android as "open".From that point of view, it may be inevitable to be thrusted if it violates the Google slogan "Don't Be Evil".
