Re: [Savannah-register-public] hosting gnu apps for non gnu platform

[Sebastian Gerhardt]

Hello Aaraai,


this mailing list is mainly a read-only list where the Savannah
system logs the messages of the item tracker. I doubt it is read by many
people except some technical staff.

I recommend to post that question on 
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-hackers-public
where most of the public discussions about Savannah's policy take place.


Regards,
Sebastian


On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 10:15 +0100, info aaraai wrote:
> Hello,
> I plan to develop apps and am aware of other sites that would host it.
> But wish to get official word from you if you find it offensive to
> host such a software if it would be for use on a platform that isn't
> 100% free software.
> 
> The application itself would conform to GNU/FSM requirements.
> 
> Reference:
> Android (google) stuff is open source platform and apps could be GNU
> licensed. But the platform itself isn't GNU. It uses open source Linux
> kernel with proprietary firmware support and a fat stack of Apache2
> licence on top of it.
> 
> (
> My view:
> #1: Like GNU software itself was developed keeping kernel development
> independent, GNU apps for android could be allowed on your servers.
> This might at some point of time reverse encourage using a purely open
> platform too.
> #2: Most apps can run on emulator that is purely open source stuff. Of
> course Apache2.
> )
> 
> Eagerly waiting to hear from you.
> Regards,
> Aaraai
>