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Managing Android and the Complexity Inside

Date: Thursday, April 14th
Time: 11:00am
Location: Sakura B/C

As Android devices grow in popularity and the market expands, developers are eager to tap into its potential, but must be able to manage what is a relatively complex code base and be able to react quickly to rapidly changing feature sets. They also must do so in a way that complies with license obligations, or put themselves and their innovations at risk. While Android is well documented, easily accessible and being rapidly adopted, there are some misperceptions regarding its complexity and licensing. With 165 sub components, Android is fairly complex. Depending on how its many components are integrated and licensed with a device manufacturers own code is not trivial and may create risk and exposure. The Android has declared its license as Apache 2.0, but much of Android uses non-Apache licensed code licensed with the GPL, LGPL and many other licenses, including licenses not approved by the OSI. Attendees will learn about the composition of Android, its structure and components, and the many open source licenses it uses, and the issues a typical device manufacturer needs to address. Finally we will present best practices for managing the complexity of Android, especially as a participant in the mobile supply chain, and ensure compliance with its many licenses.

 

Peter Vescuso (Black Duck Software)

Peter Vescuso is EVP of Marketing and Business Development at Black Duck Software. He has over 20 years experience with technology companies. Prior to joining Black Duck Software, Peter was VP/GM of the Enterprise Business at Cantata Technology, a maker of embedded telecom technology. Before Cantata Technology, Peter was Director of Marketing at Compaq Computer (before the acquisition by Hewlett-Packard) in the Workstation Division. Before joining Compaq, he spent eight years in Hewlett-Packard’s Technical Systems Division in senior marketing, market development and strategic planning roles.