Google has long been bashed for gradually steering Android away from Linux proper and allowing carriers and handset manufacturers to dilute it with proprietary software. Replicant aims to right that wrong.
Developed by LibrePlanet Italia and Software Freedom Centre, Replicant seeks to be the 100% free software compliant mobile operating system that is built on Android.
"Most of Android is licensed freely under the Apache License 2.0. The Linux core is mostly Free Software under the GPLv2. However, there are numerous components of the default software stack on the HTC phones that are proprietary software. Most notably, nearly any component that touches the hardware directly is proprietary software."
Currently, Replicant is being tested on the Google Nexus 1 and other phones that come with root privileges. It is still very early in the development stage. However, if you feel you are already excited about a purists version of Android, then you can grab a copy of one of the unstable images.
For those who think Android will be bad for the community as a whole given the path its being taken, Replicant should be a welcome project.
THANKS: Ghabuntu
Hello and thank you for your article about our project.
ReplyDeleteI would like to clarify that our project is a FREE SOFTWARE project not an open source one.
We really care about freedom so we would like people to know it and here is why:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
Could you please fix the title?
Thank you again for your attention and we hope you will enjoy Replicant.
Graziano Sorbaioli
Replicant Project
Since a lot of people don't get the idea of free as in freedom, I think the term libre is more appropriate (compared to gratis)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback, I am aware of the debate around open source vs free software.
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