Interesting read, maybe with a bit negative tone on the other non-Android Phone OS'es but still good read anyway, looking at the viability of Google as an Open Source/Linux kernel based contributor (or not).

http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/andro...-problems.html

The original link, for completeness and credits :
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_3...f177c416d3aa90