On 6 March 2012 11:24, Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au> wrote:
Hello,
One thing that has been nagging me recently in that the official method of finding android apps - the Google market - is geared towards generating profit, as such Google haven't done anything to make it easy to find free (as in freedom) android apps, even when they exist.
I can't find it now (wish I had saved a link), however I am sure I have seen an free app in the market where the description strongly discouraged downloading the source code because it would take away from profits required for future development.
The only (rather incomplete) list of free software I can see is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_Android_applications
Also try F-Droid, there is a bunch of relevant resources on the fsfe website. http://fsfe.org/campaigns/android/liberate.en.html
I suspect the fact free (as in freedom) software isn't very visible just encourages more software that isn't free.
Any thoughts? -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>
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