Z:gnu-www-ja-android-and-users-freedom--047301-The version of Linux included/en

The version of Linux included in Android is not entirely free software, since it contains nonfree &ldquo;binary blobs&rdquo; (just like Torvalds' version of Linux), some of which are really used in some Android devices. Android platforms use other nonfree firmware, too, and nonfree libraries. Aside from those, the source code of Android versions 1 and 2, as released by Google, is free software&mdash;but this code is insufficient to run the device. Some of the applications that generally come with Android are nonfree, too.