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

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       15/04/30 20:03:37

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

Log message:
        Clarify the point that Android contains Linux but not GNU.
        Cite linuxonandroid.org as an example.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.49&r2=1.50

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 1.49
retrieving revision 1.50
diff -u -b -r1.49 -r1.50
--- android-and-users-freedom.html      18 Dec 2014 16:01:28 -0000      1.49
+++ android-and-users-freedom.html      30 Apr 2015 20:03:36 -0000      1.50
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@
 kernel. People who erroneously think &ldquo;Linux&rdquo; refers to the
 entire GNU/Linux combination get tied in knots by these facts, and make
 paradoxical statements such as &ldquo;Android contains Linux, but it
-isn't Linux.&rdquo; If we avoid starting from the confusion, the
-situation is simple: Android contains Linux, but not GNU; thus, Android
-and GNU/Linux are mostly different.</p>
+isn't Linux.&rdquo;(<a href="#linuxnote">*</a>) Absent this confusion,
+the situation is simple: Android contains Linux, but not GNU; thus,
+Android and GNU/Linux are mostly different, because all they have in
+common is Linux.</p>
 
 <p>Within Android, Linux the kernel remains a separate program, with its
 source code under <a href="/licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU GPL
@@ -233,6 +234,18 @@
 less bad than Apple or Windows phones, they cannot be said to
 respect your freedom.</p>
 
+<hr>
+<ul>
+<li><a id="linuxnote">The extreme example of this confusion appears in
+the site linuxonandroid.org, which offers help to &ldquo;install Linux
+[sic] on your Android devices.&rdquo; This is entirely false: what
+they are installing is a version of the GNU system, <em>excluding</em>
+Linux, which is already present as part of Android.  Since that site
+supports only <a href="/distros/distros.html">nonfree GNU/Linux
+distros</a>, we do not recommend it.
+</li>
+</ul>
+
 <!-- If needed, change the copyright block at the bottom. In general,
      all pages on the GNU web server should have the section about
      verbatim copying.  Please do NOT remove this without talking
@@ -278,7 +291,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2014/12/18 16:01:28 $
+$Date: 2015/04/30 20:03:36 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>