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October 1, 2015, 12:52pm
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@abc : I understand your position, but as you might not be aware of, there has been quite some discussion about the topic of free and open source software. If you want to contribute, I sugggest you catch up with the discussion and read through the below threads.
But please, don’t view my post as an appeal to ‘necro’ some ancient discussions. This list is aimed at helping you to be more precise in your comments and (hopefully) get you convinced that Fairphone does indeed see FOSS as a priority. If you’re convinced enough to buy a FP2, of course, is up to you.
After reaching the preorder Goal what are the next steps? Will the next steps be visable to the community? Can we get some Pictures from the upcomming production steps? It would be grate to see the conversion from raw materials to the finished product step by step.
I just read https://www.fairphone.com/2015/09/23/opening-up-fairphone-to-the-community-open-source-fairphone-2/ and i have to say that sounds great!
I think this strategy, combined with releasing a tested Android 5.1 with Play Store is a very good balance between the needs of Fairphone user groups. The original distribution on the FP2 will make it easy and secure to use, by providing access to all of the Android Eco-System while not being rooted per default. Due to opening up the build environm…
I’m a frequent visitor of these forums and involve myself in some of the ongoing discussions. Among those topics, I’m sensing an increasing trend that I find somewhat worrisome, and that is mostly about the hardware and software aspect of the phones. The thing is that these days, it’s almost like people are more concerned and more emotionally invested in topics about whether or not FairPhone’s hardware is open source, whether it’s software is completely “free” and whether or not FP2 will be able…
Continuing the discussion from Replicant support :
As soon as I get more info on how the decision making process for the OEM/chip set worked, I will post it here. This is what I asked a while ago:
I want to know how and why the current chipset was chosen and what the alternatives were and why they and the possible related OEMs where rejected. (How was everything rated? What was most important to find a OEM or a chipset?)
I want to see how the contract with the OEM (or however you call t…
Since the consideration of the Replicant’s leader about the Fairphone’s choice for the Qualcomm chipset I ask myself if there will ever be a Replicant version for Fairphone 2.
Unfortunately and despite our best advice, Fairphone people have decided to go with a Qualcomm platform. This means that there is no interest from the software freedom perspective, thus I won’t be spending any on my time on the device. Of course, I am very much a supported of the ethical approach on the manufacturing lin…
…which one would you choose to install on your Fairphone?
EDIT: To make this clear: The question is which OS you would choose if a genie or a fairy would grant you that wish, not which OS you like and think could realistically be ported to the Fairphone.
(Continuing discussion from: Poll: Future Fairphone OS Development )
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