www/philosophy android-and-users-freedom.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       12/12/18 18:37:31

Modified files:
        philosophy     : android-and-users-freedom.html 

Log message:
        Explain about problems with the Android SDK.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.20&r2=1.21

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 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -b -r1.20 -r1.21
--- android-and-users-freedom.html      2 Aug 2012 23:52:06 -0000       1.20
+++ android-and-users-freedom.html      18 Dec 2012 18:37:30 -0000      1.21
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@
 not be malicious. There is no obstacle to building an Android phone
 which has these characteristics, but we don't know of any.</p>
 
+<p>Android is not a self-hosting system; development for Android needs
+to be done on some other system.  Google's &ldquo;software development
+kit&rdquo; (SDK) is free, but the definition files for certain Google
+APIs are nonfree.  Installing the SDK invites the user to install
+these nonfree files.  It is possible to refuse &mdash; but either way,
+you can't use these network service APIs without nonfree software.</p>
+
 <p>Recent press coverage of Android focuses on the patent wars. During
 20 years of campaigning for the abolition of software patents, we have
 warned such wars could happen. Software patents could force
@@ -227,7 +234,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/08/02 23:52:06 $
+$Date: 2012/12/18 18:37:30 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>