Hi, Le mercredi 16 septembre 2015 à 10:42 +0200, Paul van der Vlis a écrit : > >> What I don't know if it's "not done" to ask questions about non-free > >> issues in this mailing list. For me it's important to "talk about > >> everything". > > > > This mailing list is not a general-purpose discussion list. It is about > > the Replicant project and related aspects. Discussing non-free software > > is clearly out of the scope of the Replicant project and is explicitly > > out of line with our position. Thus, it makes sense to not talk about > > this here. I will not censor messages bringing up such topics, but > > simply post a reminder that it is not the place to have such > > discussions. > > Sometimes it's a solution to temporary run non-free software on a free > operating system. It's like using a non-free modem until there is a > better solution. Or a non-free signed boot-loader.
Of course, but within the scope of Replicant, we cannot advise to use non-free firmwares over the proprietary modem system, because the modem system is not distributed along with the system while Wi-Fi firmwares are. It's really up to the user to install them or not. > But maybe it was not a good solution in this case. My friend is using > now a FOSS solution (Liberario), and I am testing it too. Great to see that you were able to make it work with free software! > >> E.g.: I have a friend who wants to use a non-free application. It gives > >> information about delays in the public transport here in the Netherlands > >> and it's important for her. The application does not give an helpfull > >> error while installing, but says "not installed" at the end of the > >> proces. I've heard some applications need an API what's distributed with > >> the Google apps. Will that be the problem? How to be sure? > > > > Please ask about this somewhere else, the Replicant mailing list is > > obviously not the place. > > It's about running apps on Replicant, so without "Google Play services". > Do you know a mailinglist with people who know about this topic? I > think this is the list with such people. It doesn't matter whether you're likely to find an answer here or not: it is still off-topic to ask for support about proprietary software. I suggest you ask on forums such as XDA. > Somebody else wrote me in private about the free alternative Liberario > and I found out that the delay data here is realtime "open data", wow. I > did not have known that without this question into this list I think. Good to hear! -- Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer Replicant is a fully free Android distribution running on several devices, a free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on freedom and privacy/security. Website: https://www.replicant.us/ Blog: https://blog.replicant.us/ Wiki/tracker/forums: https://redmine.replicant.us/
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