In 2018, Anna-Lena Marx was preparing to begin the final thesis for her master’s degree. She was also working for a German company developing kernel drivers and fixing bugs in the Linux kernel and Android internal system. Anna-Lena wanted to improve her Linux kernel development skills, so she applied for […]
Understanding US export controls with open source projects
The Linux Foundation has produced a new whitepaper, in English and Chinese about export controls and open source and has summarized its findings on its blog: The primary source of United States federal government restrictions on exports are the Export Administration Regulations or EAR. The EAR is published and updated regularly […]
Open Source Communities and Trademarks: A Reprise
The Linux Foundation has published a new blog about the use of Trademarks in open source communities: A trademark is a word, phrase or design that denotes a “brand” that distinguishes one source of product or solution from another. The USPTO describes the usage of trademarks “to identify and distinguish the goods/services […]
Android Developers Blog: 11 Weeks of Android: Android 11 Compatibility
Ecosystem updates and app compatibility In our “Accelerating Android updates” blog post, we looked at how we’re continuing to get the latest OS to reach critical mass by expanding Android’s updatability architecture. With technology like Project Treble and Google Play system updates, we can deliver updates across more devices faster, […]
Android Developers Blog: Accelerating Android Updates
Posted by Eddie Hsu (Technical Program Manager), Brent VerWeyst (Product Manager), Amith Dsouza (Technical Account Manager), Iliyan Malchev (Project Treble Architect) Over the past few years we’ve introduced new capabilities that enable us to deliver updates more uniformly, quickly, and efficiently to Android devices. These capabilities include: Oreo’s introduction of […]