1page.title=Legal Notice 2page.type=about 3fullpage=1 4@jd:body 5 6<div class="wrap" style="width:940px;"> 7 8<h1>Legal Notice</h1> 9 10<p>Android is an open platform that's freely available to you as an app developer. You can 11immediately download the Android SDK, develop apps, and distribute them to the world without any 12registration or fees.</p> 13 14<p>Android is developed by Google Inc. and the <a 15href="http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/">Open Handset Alliance</a>. 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