Hi!
Good question, I was wondering about it too. In my opinion, if Android is free
software (its
source code is publicly released under free license) we should allow projects
that are
depending on it. Of course, I'm not most competent person on earth to speak on
this topic. I
would be happy
By the way, is it allowed to depend on a gratis web service which is
not Free software, such as the Google Maps API? I know the issue has
come up before but I don't quite remember how it was solved.
This is Karl's response to this issue:
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By the way, is it allowed to depend on a gratis web service which is
not Free software, such as the Google Maps API?
I think there is a big difference between Flash and the Google Maps API.
Flash is a format and free software can deal with it. There is nothing
free about gmaps, it's
Should we accept software targeted for Android in GNU
Savannah?. Currently there is https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?11659
I am not sure. On the one hand, fsf.org has a page about free software
on Android:
http://www.fsf.org/working-together/next-steps/free-software-for-android.
That
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Tomasz Konojacki x...@poczta.onet.pl wrote:
By the way, is it allowed to depend on a gratis web service which is
not Free software, such as the Google Maps API? I know the issue has
come up before but I don't quite remember how it was solved.
This is Karl's
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Tomasz Konojacki x...@poczta.onet.pl wrote:
Good question, I was wondering about it too. In my opinion, if Android is
free software (its
source code is publicly released under free license) we should allow projects
that are
depending on it. Of course, I'm
On 12/20/11 6:34 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
Should we accept software targeted for Android in GNU
Savannah?. Currently there is https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?11659
I am not sure. On the one hand, fsf.org has a page about free software
on Android:
Alex Fernandez alejandro...@gmail.com writes:
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Tomasz Konojacki x...@poczta.onet.pl
wrote:
Good question, I was wondering about it too. In my opinion, if Android is
free software (its
source code is publicly released under free license) we should allow
k...@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes:
Should we accept software targeted for Android in GNU
Savannah?. Currently there is https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?11659
I am not sure. On the one hand, fsf.org has a page about free software
on Android:
Should we accept software targeted for Android in GNU Savannah?.
Can they run usefully on the GNU system? If not, they should not be
in Savannah.
I don't know the answer to that question. Andriod's API is quite
different from the GNU system, but there might be an emulation layer
allowing
The question is not whether Android requires aditional software to be
useful but whether it can be used with only free software, for otherwise
Android-specific projects can't run on a fully free enviroment which is
a requirement in GNU Savannah.
A simple approach might be to do what
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