Google has now opened up its Brillo operating system and Weave application framework to the broader developer community, after rolling it out to early access partners. The goal of the initiative is to get Brillo out into the wild, and boost Android’s creeping penetration in the IoT. With its huge share of the smartphone market, Android is an obvious entry-point for Google to use into the physical things that comprise the IoT – as Google is already heavily involved at the cloud and internet level. Google has also positioned itself at the head of a smart home platform via its acquisition of Nest, with the potential to launch a smart-home-as-a-service offering – with Nest devices and third-party devices linked via…