<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>It won't gain ground.<br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Last I checked, Android was built on a not-sufficiently-free-for-the-FSF Java that was being sued into the ground by Oracle.</span></div><div><span>http://www.fsf.org/news/oracle-v-google</span></div><div><span>and the FSF wasn't too approving of Android in general</span></div><div><span>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html<br></span></div><div><br></div><div>So
the FSF has given up on trying to make the Android OS properly free,
their Replicant Android-alike isn't going anywhere much since firmware
is hard and deployment is hard and reliability is impossible and even
the carriers can't ship Android updates, and so the FSF is going after
the application developers instead by inciting user pressure, since
being open on
top of a-closed-you-can't control is about all they can hope for at
this point?</div><div><br></div><div>But won't open applications with source lead to more lookalike applications and malware in the various Android stores?</div><div><br></div><div>"We want Free Angry Birds with Source!"<br></div><div><br><span></span></div>Lloyd Wood<br>lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk<br>http://sat-net.com/L.Wood<div> </div><div>Lloyd Wood<br>lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk<br>http://sat-net.com/L.Wood<br><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kai <vk6ksj@westnet.com.au><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ausnog <ausnog@ausnog.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, 1 March 2012, 15:38<br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Subject:</span></b> [AusNOG] [off-topic ?] FSFE launches Campaign For A Free Android System<br> </font> </div> <br>Figured since probably a lot of listers use Android in some shape or form, this might be useful info, see if it gains any ground...<br><br>FSFE launches Campaign For A Free Android System<br><a href="http://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20120228-01.en.html" target="_blank">http://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20120228-01.en.html</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>