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	Venemo	2010-05-09 , 21:14
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Originally Posted by gerbick

I'm not seeing how this is evil. They're admitting that the code wasn't mainline, it was behind... and ultimately they're lagging.

Removing is actually more an admission of being behind than "evil". Am I wrong?

You misunderstand.

Google put some sh*t into the Linux kernel which break compatibility between Android's drivers and "regular" Linux drivers. Along with other stuff.

The kernel maintainers asked Google to fix it. Google didn't care. (This is why they are evil.)
So, in the end, the kernel maintainers removed Google's code.

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