Open source is open source, also known as open source, which refers to a software distribution model. General software can only obtain compiled binary executable files, and usually only the author or copyright owner of the software owns the source code of the program.
There are two situations in Android system. The first one was obtained through AOSP (open source project) (for the underlying open source system), and the other one was authorized by Google. But this Android system has added a full set of Google family buckets, such as Google Maps and Gmail, for a fee.
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If there is a charge, according to Google's practice in the European Union, China mobile phone manufacturers have to pay Google a service fee of 654.38+09.64 billion US dollars (about 654.38+03.63 billion RMB) at most a year.
In the name of "Google abusing its dominant position in the field of Android", the European Union imposed a sky-high fine of 4.34 billion euros on Google's parent company Alphabet. Therefore, Google announced that European manufacturers of mobile phones and tablets using Android system must pay a license fee to Google to use Google Apps.
According to the pricing documents, in Britain, Sweden, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands, it is necessary to pay $40 per inch for devices with more than 500 ppi; Equipment with 400 to 500ppi will pay a fee of $20; Equipment below 400 ppi only needs to pay $ 10.
People's Network-Android patents will be officially charged. How will domestic mobile phone manufacturers choose?