Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica)

And the whole discussion about Google controlling vendors through Android was exhausted when Stephen Elop claimed that Nokia wouldn't be able to use Android, but he was being economical with the truth: Google probably don't want vendors using the Android brand if they then bundle various non-Google applications and services (Ovi Maps and the like), or at least the brand is where the control is applied by Google.

But there should be no issue in just forking Android, calling it something else, and using whatever services you like. The laughable thing about such claims is that Apple devices probably rely on Google for services as heavily as the average Android handset, and yet Apple isn't complaining, although they surely want to get people onto Apple services as soon as possible.