[Replicant] Review of MicroG and collaboration with Free Software Directory

Adonay Felipe Nogueira adfeno at hyperbola.info
Fri Jul 23 14:48:12 UTC 2021


Em 23-07-2021 11:05, Adonay Felipe Nogueira via Replicant escreveu:
> Em 16-07-2021 12:05, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli escreveu:
>> At least that functionality is not suited for distributions that
>> follow the Free System Distribution Guidelines (FSDG)[2] because "The
>> distro must contain no DRM, no back doors, and no spyware."[2].
> 
> Interesting take.
> 
> I don't know if the FSF or the reviewers of FSDG-fit distros consider
> sending Push Notifications information to a pre-defined set of
> third-parties an infringement of that section of the FSDG, if the core
> of the issue is just that it would be sending it to a set of
> centralizing parties such as Google or, if Push Notifications itself is
> to be considered a problem (since the concept basically involves a third
> party storing and spying on the messages sent to the client 24/7 just
> for the sake of power saving). In any case, I do recognize that this is
> a good argument. I'll open a discussion on the review work group to
> raise and question these points.

I have to make a correction: I do not intend to limit this to only Push
Notifications, but also would like to discuss this for all other things
provided by MicroG.


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