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2The system/ directory is intended for pieces of the world that are the
3core of the embedded linux platform at the heart of Android.  These
4essential bits are required for basic booting, operation, and debugging.
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6They should not depend on libraries outside of system/... (some of them
7do currently -- they need to be updated or changed) and they should not
8be required for the simulator build.
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10The license for all these pieces should be clean (Apache2, BSD, or MIT).
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12Currently system/bluetooth/... and system/extra/... have some pieces
13with GPL/LGPL licensed code.
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15Assorted Issues:
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17- pppd depends on libutils for logging
18- pppd depends on libcrypt/libcrypto
19- init, linker, debuggerd, toolbox, usbd depend on libcutils
20- should probably rename bionic to libc
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