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3/4th of F-Droid Community Council members resigned

29 points by aredox 3y ago

rossdavidh 3y ago
Maybe it doesn't matter but a comment on context (what is F-Droid, for example) would be interesting for those like me who don't know it.
- h2odragon 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid non-google app store for devices running android OS.
  - ngcc_hk 3y ago
    Any impact on user. Use it for runnng linux.
- lucideer 3y ago
  Siblings have covered it well enough but just to add what I think is a significant detail: it's the primary way to distribute & run open source software on Android. So it can be thought of as equivalent to brew/ports on macos or <insert package manager> on any other linux distro.
  - SushiHippie 3y ago
    Also another important bit is, F-Droid builds the apk's (android apps) by themselve from source code. So you can be sure (as long as you trust F-Droid, which is completely open source, the infrastructure too) that the app you install is nothing but open source. Which is something you can't be sure on e.g. google play store or the apple app store.
Karliss 3y ago
Other discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38515563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38515563 Little bit context for those trying to decypher who is who, since some of the places show username, but others Gitlab display name. F-Droid statues and board role description: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/tree/master/board https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/tree/master/board Board (6+1 total), established ~9 months ago: * Morgan Lemmer Webber (Chair) -> also in the ComCo * Rest of the board - John Sullivan (Vice Chair), Michael Downey (Treasurer), Matthias Kirschner, Andrew Lewman (Clerk), Max Mehl * Hans-Christoph Steiner/eighthave (Technical lead) -> elected by board, not exactly part of board, but has a voting right with some exceptions Community Council (ComCo), established 3-4 months ago: * TheLastProject/Sylvia van Os (1/4) * Izzy (2/4) * obfusk/Fay (3/4)-> the one writing "Leaving F-Droid" gist linked in other discussion * mlemweb (Board liaison) -> also chairman of the board
squigz 3y ago
From the contributor spurring the resignments... > I've personally learned from this experience, and would like to let bygones be bygones I'm always glad when they just want to move on.

29 points by aredox 3y ago

Maybe it doesn't matter but a comment on context (what is F-Droid, for example) would be interesting for those like me who don't know it.

h2odragon 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid non-google app store for devices running android OS.
- ngcc_hk 3y ago
  Any impact on user. Use it for runnng linux.
lucideer 3y ago
Siblings have covered it well enough but just to add what I think is a significant detail: it's the primary way to distribute & run open source software on Android. So it can be thought of as equivalent to brew/ports on macos or <insert package manager> on any other linux distro.
- SushiHippie 3y ago
  Also another important bit is, F-Droid builds the apk's (android apps) by themselve from source code. So you can be sure (as long as you trust F-Droid, which is completely open source, the infrastructure too) that the app you install is nothing but open source. Which is something you can't be sure on e.g. google play store or the apple app store.

Karliss 3y ago

Other discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38515563 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38515563 Little bit context for those trying to decypher who is who, since some of the places show username, but others Gitlab display name. F-Droid statues and board role description: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/tree/master/board https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/tree/master/board Board (6+1 total), established ~9 months ago: * Morgan Lemmer Webber (Chair) -> also in the ComCo * Rest of the board - John Sullivan (Vice Chair), Michael Downey (Treasurer), Matthias Kirschner, Andrew Lewman (Clerk), Max Mehl * Hans-Christoph Steiner/eighthave (Technical lead) -> elected by board, not exactly part of board, but has a voting right with some exceptions Community Council (ComCo), established 3-4 months ago: * TheLastProject/Sylvia van Os (1/4) * Izzy (2/4) * obfusk/Fay (3/4)-> the one writing "Leaving F-Droid" gist linked in other discussion * mlemweb (Board liaison) -> also chairman of the board

squigz 3y ago

From the contributor spurring the resignments... > I've personally learned from this experience, and would like to let bygones be bygones I'm always glad when they just want to move on.