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Many people don't consider something "open source" if they can't build it themselves. Other alternative app stores are the Yandex Store (https://store.yandex.c
by jhasse 10y ago
Many people don't consider something "open source" if they can't build it themselves.
Other alternative app stores are the Yandex Store (https://store.yandex.com/ https://store.yandex.com/) or the Amazon App Store, those include non-free software too.
- distances 10y agoYou can build the app, and to make it functional you could request your own API key, so I think it satisfies the label. Requesting API keys as a regular end user isn't anywhere near being realistic though, so that's not an option for distribution.
- Sean1708 10y agoFrom pawadu's response above it sounds like your app would satisfy the requirements if you have a build parameter or similar that lets them specify the key.
- distances 10y agoThere's another discussion thread [1] which takes a strict stance more explicitly: "I don’t see how something that contains a ‘secret’ key [...] can be Free Software. So we just don’t publish such applications." [1] https://f-droid.org/forums/topic/api-keys-and-free-software-apps-on-f-droid-and-in-general https://f-droid.org/forums/topic/api-keys-and-free-software-...
- floatboth 10y agoYeah, BTW the good thing about these stores is that they install apps normally, by launching the system APK install dialog, instead of the rootkit-style thing Google Play does.
- jhasse 10y agoRootkit-style installing is also possible with F-Droid :)
- floatboth 10y agoYeah, I've seen that option, but I like to keep that as a disabled option :)
- dingo_bat 10y agoWhat's the "rootkit style"? My searches for "rootkit style installation google play" did not result in anything meaningful.
- floatboth 10y agoIt uses special privileges to run the installation in the background. Google Play Services is frequently called a "rootkit" because of stuff like that.
- mverwijs 10y agoDon't forget the Yalp-store, which you can install from F-droid. Yalp can get you all the non-FLOSS software. Like Minecraft PE. ;-)