Erik Albers wanted me (as dev@ moderator) to pass this along without subscribing to the list:
Dear Developers, Today, like every year on Valentine's Day, the Free Software Foundation Europe is running its "I love Free Software" campaign: a day to show and celebrate your love for Free Software. That is why I take my chance today to thank you, the developers of OsmAnd for all the work you are doing! I also made a blogpost about it [1], but here is your personalized version: Last year in summer, I was doing a bicycle trip for some days through the northern part of Germany, especially through the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and along the Baltic Sea. Generally, when I am on bicycle trips, I prefer to cycle aside from roads and motorways but along the paths, the hiking trails or even dirt tracks. That was exactly the time, when I fell in love with OsmAnd. This is because it gives me the ability to use really good maps for navigation with Free Software. But this is especially true, because I can download any maps of the world and use it afterwards completely offline. When I cycle long distances through landscape (where you miss power plugs as well as network connectivity most of the time) I can stay in flight-mode all the time and keep on cycling with navigation for days. That's awesome. In addition, your maps are really good and detailed and I find even tiny hiking trails to follow - I just love it. Last, but not least, I really appreciate that you can download OsmAnd from F-droid, the Free Software App Repository, so I can use all OsmAnd features without the need of any Google account. In short: Dear OsmAnd developers, thank you very much for this useful app. Keep the good work going, I love you guys! Erik [1] http://blogs.fsfe.org/eal/2014/02/14/i-love-free-software-osmand/ - -- Erik Albers | http://fsfe.org/about/albers Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) - Campaigns & Community
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