• curbstickle@anarchist.nexus
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    edit-2
    8 days ago

    Was there an actual announcement? I only saw the one off line about “we want to make an fsf phone!”

    Thats a real shame (and kind of a dealbreaker) if they are continuing on the android route.

    Edit:

    https://librephone.fsf.org/

    Oh. Thats… Something.

    https://librephone.fsf.org/FAQ.html

    This is a project to research proprietary files in Android to work towards a long-term goal of free replacements.

    Are you developing a free mobile phone OS?

    NO. There are many projects working in mobile phones, and many of them are largely free software. The FSF doesn’t see the need to join these projects, but wants to build upon them and improve on their current state of freedom. While there are many proprietary libraries and other files in Android,this project is focused on binary blobs.

    Are you developing hardware?

    NO. We are working on freeing up software, we are not hardware developers.

    So… Yeah.