In this notice, several things were clarified. In fact, one is the definition of HarmonyOS system, the other is the open source of HarmonyOS system, the third is the compatibility with Android ecosystem, and the explanation of HarmonyOS system 2 used by Huawei.

The second point, magnified by many netizens, shows that the HarmonyOS system no longer belongs to Huawei, but was donated by Huawei and belongs to everyone.

So what does this mean? Let's take a closer look at Huawei's statement. Huawei said that in 2020 and 20021year, it donated all the basic capabilities of the HarmonyOS system operating system to the Open Atomic Open Source Foundation, and then the Foundation integrated the contributions of other participants to form the OpenHarmony open source project, which has 245 contributors, and the latest version is OpenHarmony 2.0.

In other words, OpenHarmony is a system that integrates all the strengths of everyone, not Huawei alone, which means that the HarmonyOS system no longer belongs to Huawei.

However, it should be noted that the name of this system is OpenHarmony, and the system used by Huawei itself is called HarmonyOS System (HarmonyOS System). There is a difference between the two.

So what's the difference? OpenHarmony is an open source project, and everyone can contribute code, while HarmonyOS system is Huawei's own commercial operating system after taking the source code and modifying it.

To give the simplest example, OpenHarmony is not compatible with Android APP, so it is a pure system. Huawei's own HarmonyOS system (HarmonyOS system) is compatible with the Android ecosystem, because Huawei has packaged the code compatible with the Android ecosystem.

Therefore, the so-called HarmonyOS system does not belong to Huawei, so let's stop fooling around. You have to say that the open source version of OpenHarmony is not entirely owned by Huawei, but belongs to a large number of developers, and Huawei is only the biggest contributor.

As for Huawei's own HarmonyOS system, it belongs to Huawei completely, and other manufacturers can't use it, because it was developed by Huawei based on OpenHarmony.

In fact, Huawei's approach is the same as Google Android. After Google developed the Android system, it opened up the basic functions and formed the "Android open source project" project, referred to as AOSP.

Then the major mobile phone manufacturers made changes based on this AOSP. Xiaomi made his own MIUI, Huawei made his own EMUI, Meizu made Flyme, and Yijia, OPPO, VIVO, ZTE and Samsung all made their own systems. That's what it means.

But AOSP doesn't belong to Google after it is open source? It can be said that because everyone contributes code together, it is actually Google's, because Google is the main manufacturer to promote the progress of AOSP. Without Google, it is difficult for AOSP to move forward.

Whether Huawei or Google, the reason why the basic functions are open source is nothing more than to attract more manufacturers, individuals and developers to participate in * * * to build an ecosystem. As Huawei itself said in the notice, in order to "achieve * * * business, * * * construction, * * * enjoyment and * * * win".