> Android has always been more source-open than “open source”.

I hate Google as much as the next person, and the only way with those companies would be to fine them heavily, quickly and systematically.

But it is important that we are clear about what Google does bad and what it does well. And I believe that understanding what "open source" means is important when one wants to talk about a violation of an open source licence.

Open source does not mean that they take contributions. Many firmwares used by Android are not open source, but AOSP is open source. It is licenced under a permissive licence (Apache 2, I think for everything), which makes it open source, period.