[Replicant] fdroid on replicant: dfsg changes

[Simon Josefsson]

Den Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:00:10 +0200
skrev Re: [Replicant] Interested in contributing to Replicant:

> Suggested fix:
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> 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
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