Den Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:15:19 +0200 skrev Re: fdroid on replicant: dfsg changes:
> >> Suggested fix: > >> -------------- > > ... > >> The idea is to: > >> - make F-droid detect Replicant > >> - Add a way to totally hide applications. > >> - Make f-droid hide all applications with anti-features, if > >> running on Replicant. > >> Hiding all the applications with an anti-feature is sufficient, > >> even if ideally we could only hide the anti-features conflicting > >> with the FSDG[3] guidelines. > >> Having a more fine grained filter could be implemented later, as > >> right now meeting the FSDG again is Replicant's top priority. > > > > This could be too heavy handed. For me, this would make it > > impossible to install Face Slim, OsmAnd, Telegram. Of these three, > > only the OsmAnd appear to actually have a licensing issue. > > > > However, I could live with the solution above if it means having > > Replicant a FSF endorsed free distro. > > > > Another solution is to simply not include fdroid in replicant?! I'm > > pretty sure everyone who is able to install Replicant is able to > > install fdroid manually if they so choses. This approach does not > > require any changes at all in the fdroid project, and would solve > > things quicker. What do you think? > > > > /Simon > > All we are talking about is setting a preference on by default on > Replicant. So when F-Droid is built into Replicant, it will turn on > the pref that hides non-free things. Replicant users will still be > free to go into their preferences and enable non-free things. This > is like Debian contrib and non-free. Free Software is about freedom, > including the freedom to use non-free software if you must ;-). As far as I understand the FSF's guidelines, this approach is not sufficient to get Replicant included in the recommended OS list from FSF. Debian is not included because it allows the contrib/non-free sections. It would be a shame if Replicant can't be on that list because of the same concern with fdroid. https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html https://www.gnu.org/distros/ I see that Replicant is mentioned there now, but this sounds strange to me given the concern with fdroid. > There are large security and usability advantages to including F-Droid > in Replicant now that we have nailed down the F-Droid Privileged > Extension. That said, the Privileged Extension is ready to be > integrated into ROMs, as of v0.2, so we're ready to help you do that > whenever you're ready. > > https://gitlab.com/fdroid/privileged-extension Will that enable unattended upgrade/installs of apk's? That would be awesome! Keeping my 44 packages upgraded consumes quite some manual clicking time... /Simon
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