[Replicant] Firmware

[Paul Kocialkowski]

> > In addition, note that the Replicant wiki has details about what each
> > firmware is for. Also, using non-free firmwares is not encouraged nor
> > recommended[0] by Replicant, so asking for support on this topic ishere 
> 
> Not sure what you are telling. I can understand you will not encourange
> or recommend people to use non-free firmware. I don't like that too,
> that's the reason I user Replicant.
>
> But sometimes features are important. In my case I don't have UMTS, 3G
> or GRPS inside my appartement, I had to go outside to install an app and
> that's annoying. That's the reason I wanted the wifi firmware.

The Replicant project's position is to never distribute or recommend the
installation of non-free software.

However, it is obvious that you're using non-free software when using
the modem to use mobile data. From my personal perspective, it is thus
not worse to use the proprietary Wi-Fi firmwares, but that's not the
project's perspective: what runs on the modem is out of the scope of the
Replicant project and we're not shipping it anyways.

> 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.

> 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.

-- 
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.

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