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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy android-and-users-freedom.html |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:36:53 +0000 (UTC) |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 16/06/29 11:36:53
Modified files:
philosophy : android-and-users-freedom.html
Log message:
Describe problem of apps that depend on Google Play Services library.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.52&r2=1.53
Patches:
Index: android-and-users-freedom.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html,v
retrieving revision 1.52
retrieving revision 1.53
diff -u -b -r1.52 -r1.53
--- android-and-users-freedom.html 1 May 2015 06:46:42 -0000 1.52
+++ android-and-users-freedom.html 29 Jun 2016 11:36:53 -0000 1.53
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@
it any less bad.
</p>
+<p>Google has moved many basic general facilities into the
+nonfree <a
href="https://blog.grobox.de/2016/the-proprietarization-of-android-google-play-services-and-apps/">Google
+Play Services library</a>. If an app's own code is free software but
+it depends on Google Play Services, that app as a whole is effectively
+nonfree; it can't run on a free version of Android, such as Replicant.
+</p>
+
<p>If you value freedom, you don't want the nonfree apps that Google
Play offers. To install free Android apps, you don't need Google
Play, because you can get them
@@ -292,7 +299,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/05/01 06:46:42 $
+$Date: 2016/06/29 11:36:53 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
- www/philosophy android-and-users-freedom.html,
Richard M. Stallman <=