This is not about getting any of you to put non free software into replicant. And if my suggestions and questions are violating rules for this email list then discard this email.
I have several times said, it is good we have replicant. But the phones which are replicant compatible makes replicant a no option for most people. Can you make a non free version of replicant and still call it replicant? Can you make a non free version of replicant and call it something else? By non free version I mean, you add non free software such that all devices on a phone run. You select the phone model because of its popularity and no matter if it has no modem isolation. My reasoning is, it is better if people have a lineage os phone than an iphone or android phone. It is better if people have a replicant phone than a lineage os phone. It is better if people have a non free software replicant phone than a lineaga os phone. And if more people start using replicant, being a free or non free version, then the moment there is a fully free software compatible phone, then there will be a bigger potential number of buyers for that phone. Because also those who have a non free replicant phone will know about replicant. For illustration. The samsung s7 has sold 55 million. You would port a non free version of replicant to the phone because of its sales numbers. Also if the phone does not have modem isolation. Can a non free software version of replicant be ported to any phone? How big a task is it? If crowd funded, what numbers are in the room to have replicant ported? I do not suggest those of you who despise non free software to work on non free replicant versions. I want to know what it would entail in money and work if there were people who would like to have non free replicant versions? Thank you. _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
