Surely the source of the f-droid app is also available so that project can be 
forked if they aren't getting new versions fast enough. 

On December 23, 2014 9:19:11 PM GMT+11:00, Brian May 
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 19 December 2014 at 11:01, Andrew Roffey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Replicant along with the F-Droid app store is a far better example of
>a
>> mobile operating system which attempts to provide software freedom
>for
>> users, although its actual use is quite limited, even more so than
>> GNU/Linux on desktops and laptops.
>>
>
>It is a shame that F-Droid seems to be out of date compared with
>software
>available on Play Store. This really kills the idea of having a open
>source
>Android phone without the proprietary Google stuff IMHO.
>
>For example, Firefox on F-Droid is version 33.0, while Play Store has
>34.0
>and Beta version 35.0.
>
>CSIPSimple on Play Store is  version 1.02.03 with mention of fixing
>problems with Android 5.0, and from F-Droid is only version 1.02.01.

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