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>>patric+(OP)
In the past, I've spent a fair bit of time criticizing Google for calling Android "open source", but not releasing the source. Now that it appears that they are actually doing it, let me be the first to say that this is great.

Well done, Google.

>>pingsw+S1
I doubt they released the 3G stack part though.

Unless I can't make a 3G equivalent to wireshark I'll have a hard time calling the platform open.

>>Iv+9l
I don't know of any phones being sold that have open source basebands.

>>mcs+yn
I can say with some confidence that an open source baseband will never happen. The carriers won't allow it, and there is good (technical) justification for that. Basically, it is easy to mess up some "tiny" detail of the standard, and disrupt the local network for all nearby users. The compliance testing needed for any phone is huge and expensive.