Hi all.
Recently I installed snapd on my T7 machine. I was just curious.
I could install LibreOffice 6 without a hassle, and that was fine...
But, then I started looking at snapd docs and words like "store" instead of
"repository" began to lit my screen... and I thought that it could be a very
easy way to install non free software in Trisquel.
I made the try with a well known porprietary program (won't name it)
executing
$ snap search <name-of-propietary-software>
...and there it was, ready to be installed in my system. With the hope to see
that it was unavailable i tried to have more info about it:
$ snap info <name-of-propietary-software>
This showed me the version to be installed, and a short description, but
nothing to tell me that it was not able to be installed.
I didn't try to install it, so I don't know if it installs at the end, nor if
it works, but everything makes me think that it does.
So, if snapd is pointing to a "store" that can't be changed (for what I
know), full of propietary software, I'm afraid that it violates the "fully
free OS" principles, and it should be removed from repos.
Jaume.
