> > The issue is that nowadays, most f-droid applications now in practice > > depends on a nonfree dependency (the Android SDK). > > I actually was oblivious about this. May I ask, is there any way to > create android applications without the Android SDK?
Isn't Android SDK only nonfree when downloaded in binary form from Google? The sources are free software and have even been packaged for Debian for some years now[1]. Is there something I am missing? In fact, I recall already conversating about it on this mailing list :) Unfortunately, the NDK seems not to be packaged for Debian for some reason. Perhaps just a matter of effort and demand? The sources repo does have a proper license[2]. Similarly with Android Emulator, except it is GPL'd (because it is in fact just a fork of QEMU) Wojtek [1] https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/android-sdk [2] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/ndk.git/+/refs/heads/master/NOTICE [3] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/qemu/+/refs/heads/master/NOTICE -- (sig_start) website: https://koszko.org/koszko.html PGP: https://koszko.org/key.gpg fingerprint: E972 7060 E3C5 637C 8A4F 4B42 4BC5 221C 5A79 FD1A ♥ R29kIGlzIHRoZXJlIGFuZCBsb3ZlcyBtZQ== | ÷ c2luIHNlcGFyYXRlZCBtZSBmcm9tIEhpbQ== ✝ YnV0IEplc3VzIGRpZWQgdG8gc2F2ZSBtZQ== | ? U2hhbGwgSSBiZWNvbWUgSGlzIGZyaWVuZD8= -- (sig_end) On Tue, 7 Mar 2023 07:34:15 -0500 efeizbudak via Replicant <replicant@osuosl.org> wrote: > > The issue is that nowadays, most f-droid applications now in practice > > depends on a nonfree dependency (the Android SDK). > > I actually was oblivious about this. May I ask, is there any way to > create android applications without the Android SDK?
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