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The system/ directory is intended for pieces of the world that are the





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core of the embedded linux platform at the heart of Android.  These





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essential bits are required for basic booting, operation, and debugging.





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They should not depend on libraries outside of system/... (some of them





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do currently -- they need to be updated or changed) and they should not





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be required for the simulator build.





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The license for all these pieces should be clean (Apache2, BSD, or MIT).





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Currently system/bluetooth/... and system/extra/... have some pieces





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with GPL/LGPL licensed code.





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Assorted Issues:





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- pppd depends on libutils for logging





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- pppd depends on libcrypt/libcrypto





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- init, linker, debuggerd, toolbox, usbd depend on libcutils





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- should probably rename bionic to libc