Question

looking for a link to the copyright information for android dev guide. I have been told prior that their guide is in the public domain and I want to see if thats true. Plus one of the books I have read was almost a straight copy and paste from the documentation.

Answer 1

Each documentation has following footer.

Except as noted, this content is licensed under Apache 2.0. For details and restrictions, see the Content License.

http://developer.android.com/license.html says:

Exact Reproductions

If your online work exactly reproduces text or images from this site, in whole or in part, please include a paragraph at the bottom of your page that reads:

Portions of this page are reproduced from work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Also, please link back to the original source page so that readers can refer there for more information.