這是個很OPEN的計畫-Android

這是個很OPEN的計畫

繼Smart Phone興起，Google也發表用於智慧手機的Android系統，此系統是源自於開放原始碼（open source）的計畫中，所以，所有透過此開放原始碼授權的程式開發的相關程式，也都要符合開放原始碼的規定，也就是要開放原始碼。

在Android計畫中，聲明以下權利：
Contributor License Grants All individual contributors of ideas, code, or documentation to the Android Open Source Project will be required to complete, sign, and submit an Individual Contributor License Grant. The grant can be executed online through the code review tool. The agreement clearly defines the terms under which intellectual property has been contributed to the Android Open Source Project. This license is for your protection as a contributor as well as the protection of the project; it does not change your rights to use your own contributions for any other purpose. For a corporation that has assigned employees to work on the Android Open Source Project, a Corporate Contributor License Grant is available. This version of the Grant allows a corporation to authorize contributions submitted by its designated employees and to grant copyright and patent licenses. Note that a Corporate Contributor License Grant does not remove the need for any developer to sign their own Individual Contributor License Grant as an individual, to cover any of their contributions which are not owned by the corporation signing the Corporate Contributor License Grant. Please note that we based our grants on the ones that the Apache Software Foundation uses, which can be found on its site.

任何基於此計畫而產生的想法、程式碼、文件，都應要簽署「Individual Contributor License Grant」，使得當中產生的發明，或是專利不會相互形成干擾，不僅保護了其他的開發者，同時也保護自己免於其他專利影響，這就是一個典型的開放原始碼的例子。

簽署的範本如：


其中有提及專利權的問題，主要是規範簽署者（在此計畫之下）能同意他人散布軟體，而沒有排他的效果、沒有費用、沒有授權的問題，且專利權不及於製造、銷售、販賣、進出口。

Ron
資料來源：http://source.android.com/license