Le lundi 20 mars 2017 à 12:53 +0100, Wolfgang Wiedmeyer a écrit : > The CyanogenMod website and other resources are not available anymore, > so link to Wikipedia in the history section. > > The statement about OmniROM being more friendly towards free software > needs to be weakened because there doesn't seem to be much difference > now anymore, given that LineageOS removed dependencies on the proprietary > Google Play library. > > Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Wiedmeyer <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Paul Kocialkowski <[email protected]> > --- > > Changes since v1: > > - fix LineageOS website link > > about.php | 20 ++++++++++---------- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/about.php b/about.php > index 0cebc13..a729775 100644 > --- a/about.php > +++ b/about.php > @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ > <div class="page-header"><h2>About Replicant</h2></div> > <div class="row"> > <div class="col-md-9"> > - <p>Replicant is a <a href="//www.gnu.org/philosophy/f > ree-sw.html">fully free</a> <a href="//www.android.com/">Android</a>; > distribution running on several devices, a free software mobile operating > system putting the emphasis on freedom and privacy/security. It is based on <a > href="//www.cyanogenmod.org/">CyanogenMod</a>; and replaces or avoids every <a > href="//www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary.html">proprietary</a>; component of > the system, such as user-space programs and libraries as well as firmwares.<br > />Replicant aims to be an ethical system: it does not ship nor recommend the > use of non-free software.</p> > + <p>Replicant is a <a href="//www.gnu.org/philosophy/f > ree-sw.html">fully free</a> <a href="//www.android.com/">Android</a>; > distribution running on several devices, a free software mobile operating > system putting the emphasis on freedom and privacy/security. It is based on <a > href="http://lineageos.org/";>LineageOS</a>; and replaces or avoids every <a > href="//www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary.html">proprietary</a>; component of > the system, such as user-space programs and libraries as well as firmwares.<br > />Replicant aims to be an ethical system: it does not ship nor recommend the > use of non-free software.</p> > <p>Many different devices are supported by Replicant, > to an extent specific to each device. Basic features such as graphics, sound > and telephony (if applicable) are supposed to be working for each device (if > not, developers are confident they will work soon).</p> > <p>Replicant is a community-led effort, currently > driven by a single developer. Not every piece of software in Replicant should > be expected to be fully-featured nor entirely reliable, even though developers > are trying their best.</p> > <h3>History</h3> > - <p>Replicant was founded in 2010 as a way to gather > initiatives aiming to free the system running on the HTC Dream, the first > publicly-available Android device. The project was started by members of <a > href="//libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Italia">LibrePlanet Italia</a> > and <a href="//sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>. The first > usable version of Replicant was based upon Android 1.5 as released by the <a > href="//source.android.com/">Android Open Source Project</a>: after some work, > basic functionalities of the HTC Dream were working. Starting from version > 2.2, Replicant stopped using AOSP as a base and instead started using > CyanogenMod, which contains support for more devices.</p> > + <p>Replicant was founded in 2010 as a way to gather > initiatives aiming to free the system running on the HTC Dream, the first > publicly-available Android device. The project was started by members of <a > href="//libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Italia">LibrePlanet Italia</a> > and <a href="//sfconservancy.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>. The first > usable version of Replicant was based upon Android 1.5 as released by the <a > href="//source.android.com/">Android Open Source Project</a>: after some work, > basic functionalities of the HTC Dream were working. Starting from version > 2.2, Replicant stopped using AOSP as a base and instead started using <a > href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanogenmod";>CyanogenMod</a>;, which > contains support for more devices.</p> > <p>Over time, various initial members of the project > retired, leaving Denis "GNUtoo" Carikli as the only active developer of the > project. However, in April 2011 Paul Kocialkowski, a user of Replicant, > started getting involved in development. After porting Replicant to version > 2.3 on the Nexus S and later on porting plenty more devices, Paul became the > main developer of Replicant and is currently doing most of the work on the > project.</p> > </div> > </div> > @@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ > </div> > <div class="panel panel-default" id="missing- > hardware-features"> > <div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel- > title">Why are some hardware features missing on Replicant?</h3></div> > - <div class="panel-body"><p>Most of the time, > hardware features are driven by proprietary software in CyanogenMod. While > Replicant is fully free, these proprietary parts are either replaced or > avoided in Replicant. Such parts being avoided instead of replaced is the > result of missing free software support for that hardware. It happens because > developers failed to write free software support for that hardware, as a > result of incomplete or missing documentation from the manufacturer, lack of > time to perform reverse engineering or generally speaking, lack of proper > resources.<br />Keep in mind that writing free software replacements is a > technically complex task that does not always succeed, especially when the > manufacturer doesn't communicate how to use the hardware.</p></div> > + <div class="panel-body"><p>Most of the time, > hardware features are driven by proprietary software in LineageOS. While > Replicant is fully free, these proprietary parts are either replaced or > avoided in Replicant. Such parts being avoided instead of replaced is the > result of missing free software support for that hardware. It happens because > developers failed to write free software support for that hardware, as a > result of incomplete or missing documentation from the manufacturer, lack of > time to perform reverse engineering or generally speaking, lack of proper > resources.<br />Keep in mind that writing free software replacements is a > technically complex task that does not always succeed, especially when the > manufacturer doesn't communicate how to use the hardware.</p></div> > </div> > - <div class="panel panel-default" id="replicant- > different-cyanogenmod"> > - <div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel- > title">How exactly is Replicant different from CyanogenMod?</h3></div> > - <div class="panel-body"><p>Replicant uses > CyanogenMod's source code as a base. It is rebranded to provide the Replicant > look and feel (wallpapers, logos) and parts of the code are reworked to remove > anti-features that can spy on the user. Most importantly, Replicant does not > include any of CyanogenMod's proprietary components (programs, libraries, > firmwares) and instead provides free software replacements for some of these. > The rest of the system is also adapted so that the free software replacements > can run correctly.</p></div> > + <div class="panel panel-default" id="replicant- > different-lineageos"> > + <div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel- > title">How exactly is Replicant different from LineageOS?</h3></div> > + <div class="panel-body"><p>Replicant uses > LineageOS's source code as a base. It is rebranded to provide the Replicant > look and feel (wallpapers, logos) and parts of the code are reworked to remove > anti-features that can spy on the user. Most importantly, Replicant does not > include any of LineageOS's proprietary components (programs, libraries, > firmwares) and instead provides free software replacements for some of these. > The rest of the system is also adapted so that the free software replacements > can run correctly.</p></div> > </div> > <div class="panel panel-default" id="replicant-based- > omnirom"> > - <div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel- > title">Why is Replicant based on CyanogenMod instead of <a > href="//omnirom.org/">OmniROM</a>?</h3></div> > - <div class="panel-body"><p>Replicant is > currently based on CyanogenMod for historic reasons: it was started before > OmniROM and the current version of Replicant is not supported by OmniROM, so > CyanogenMod is currently the only choice that makes sense. Furthermore, > CyanogenMod supports more devices than OmniROM, which makes porting a new > device to Replicant easier. On top of that, some devices that are currently > supported by Replicant are not in OmniROM. However, we are aware that > OmniROM's general position is more friendly towards free software (even though > it still ships with proprietary software): we will seriously consider OmniROM > as a base for the next major version of Replicant.</p></div> > + <div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel- > title">Why is Replicant based on LineageOS instead of <a > href="//omnirom.org/">OmniROM</a>?</h3></div> > + <div class="panel-body"><p>LineageOS supports > more devices than OmniROM, which makes porting a new device to Replicant > easier. On top of that, most if not all devices that are currently supported > by Replicant are not in OmniROM. OmniROM's general position may be more > friendly towards free software, but it still ships with proprietary > software.</p></div> > </div> > <div class="panel panel-default" id="shipping- > proprietary-components"> > <div class="panel-heading"><h3 class="panel- > title">Why doesn't Replicant ship with proprietary components when free > replacements are missing?</h3></div> > @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ > <a href="#safe-data" class="list-group- > item">Is my data safe when stored on a device running Replicant?</a> > <a href="#safe-communications" class="list- > group-item">Are my communications safe when using a device running > Replicant?</a> > <a href="#missing-hardware-features" > class="list-group-item">Why are some hardware features missing on > Replicant?</a> > - <a href="#replicant-different-cyanogenmod" > class="list-group-item">How exactly is Replicant different from > CyanogenMod?</a> > - <a href="#replicant-based-omnirom" > class="list-group-item">Why is Replicant based on CyanogenMod instead of > OmniROM?</a> > + <a href="#replicant-different-lineageos" > class="list-group-item">How exactly is Replicant different from LineageOS?</a> > + <a href="#replicant-based-omnirom" > class="list-group-item">Why is Replicant based on LineageOS instead of > OmniROM?</a> > <a href="#shipping-proprietary-components" > class="list-group-item">Why doesn't Replicant ship with proprietary components > when free replacements are missing?</a> > <a href="#installing-proprietary-components" > class="list-group-item">Why doesn't Replicant guide users through installing > complementary proprietary components?</a> > </div> -- Paul Kocialkowski, developer of free digital technology and hardware support Website: https://www.paulk.fr/ Coding blog: https://code.paulk.fr/ Git repositories: https://git.paulk.fr/ https://git.code.paulk.fr/
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