On 6 March 2012 11:24, Brian May <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
