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

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/01/08 00:20:00

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

Log message:
        Link to Replicant's SDK.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.26&r2=1.27

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 1.26
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -b -r1.26 -r1.27
--- android-and-users-freedom.html      5 Jan 2013 01:17:15 -0000       1.26
+++ android-and-users-freedom.html      8 Jan 2013 00:19:59 -0000       1.27
@@ -181,10 +181,12 @@
 
 <p>Android is not a self-hosting system; development for Android needs
 to be done on some other system.  The tools in Google's
-&ldquo;software development kit&rdquo; (SDK) are free, but the
-definition files for certain Google APIs are nonfree, and maybe some
-other parts as well.  Installing the SDK requires signing a
-proprietary software license, which you should refuse to sign.</p>
+&ldquo;software development kit&rdquo; (SDK) are appear to be free,
+but it is hard work to check this.  The definition files for certain
+Google APIs are nonfree.  Installing the SDK requires signing a
+proprietary software license, which you should refuse to sign.
+<a href="http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantSDK";>
+Replicant's SDK </a> is a free replacement.</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
@@ -194,9 +196,9 @@
 information about why software patents must be abolished.</p>
 
 <p>However, the patent attacks and Google's responses are not directly
-relevant to the topic of this article: how Android products approach
-an ethically system of distribution and how they fall short. This
-issue merits the attention of the press too.</p>
+relevant to the topic of this article: how Android products partly
+approach an ethically system of distribution, and how they fall
+short. This issue merits the attention of the press too.</p>
 
 <p>Android is a major step towards an ethical, user-controlled, free
 software portable phone, but there is a long way to go. Hackers are
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/01/05 01:17:15 $
+$Date: 2013/01/08 00:19:59 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>