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Re: IodéOS Is Open Source

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Post by Intermernet »

amaurino wrote: post #2

Hey guys, We are happy to announce that we are releasing iodéOS as open source software! From the beginning, we have been strong proponents of open source software and part of our code was open from day one. We are happy to take the next step and completely open source iodéOS. We would like to thank the community as well as all beta testers for your commitment for iodé. As you may know, we also accept donations for i…

Where is the license info in the repository? Can you tell us what license this is released under?

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Post by phh »

amaurino wrote: post #2

Hey guys, We are happy to announce that we are releasing iodéOS as open source software! From the beginning, we have been strong proponents of open source software and part of our code was open from day one. We are happy to take the next step and completely open source iodéOS. We would like to thank the community as well as all beta testers for your commitment for iodé. As you may know, we also accept donations for i…

It's super weird not to provide a GSI, it's pretty easy to do, and would allow you to reach hundreds of phone models with just one build.

Are you pursuing this way but are hitting issues with it?

Re: IodéOS Is Open Source

#13

Post by hinata08 »

amelius wrote: post #9
hinata08 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You choose them because you have a google-free android phone, with all the apps working, without having to do it on your own. Their business model is to *sell* phones with that iodeOS, a fork of Lineage, even if everything is on gitlab and you're welcome to install it on your own. I'm an IT engineer who likes free code, but I'm not really into Android, and I only have so much time. I wouldn't have installed Lineage o…

> You choose them because you have a google-free android phone, with all the apps working, without having to do it on your own. Now it starts getting interesting. Will it also run my banking app? Or is there some crypto mechanism keeping that from happening?

I did run my bank app

There were F-Droid, Aurora Store, MicroG, Déjà Vu and the Mozilla Location services among others, so it was able to run about any app.

Re: IodéOS Is Open Source

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Post by neilv »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #8
amelius wrote: post #5

What does it look like and why isn't this on the opening page?

It's just another custom Android build. Like LineageOS, Mokee, GrapheneOS etc. Isn't it?

GrapheneOS has significant low-level custom work put into it: https://grapheneos.org/features

Re: IodéOS Is Open Source

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Post by karteum »

amaurino wrote: post #2

Hey guys, We are happy to announce that we are releasing iodéOS as open source software! From the beginning, we have been strong proponents of open source software and part of our code was open from day one. We are happy to take the next step and completely open source iodéOS. We would like to thank the community as well as all beta testers for your commitment for iodé. As you may know, we also accept donations for i…

Thanks for this !

Just to better understand some of your technical choices : are you using microG ? Do your phones pass SafetyNet ? (there are many apps that do not work out-of-the-box with custom roms, e.g. bank/payment applications, etc). !

May I also ask : why did you create your own rom rather than contributing to existing projects with a similar target ? (e.g. /e/, calyxos, grapheneos, which start from LineageOS and add some extra work to mimic or sandbox Google Service Framework and precisely care about privacy...)

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Post by F3nd0 »

amaurino wrote: post #2

Hey guys, We are happy to announce that we are releasing iodéOS as open source software! From the beginning, we have been strong proponents of open source software and part of our code was open from day one. We are happy to take the next step and completely open source iodéOS. We would like to thank the community as well as all beta testers for your commitment for iodé. As you may know, we also accept donations for i…

I assume that implies you are not proponents of software freedom? The distinction may be important for some people, if only for placing trust in your long-term vision.

Re: IodéOS Is Open Source

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Post by capableweb »

F3nd0 wrote: post #16
amaurino wrote: post #2

Hey guys, We are happy to announce that we are releasing iodéOS as open source software! From the beginning, we have been strong proponents of open source software and part of our code was open from day one. We are happy to take the next step and completely open source iodéOS. We would like to thank the community as well as all beta testers for your commitment for iodé. As you may know, we also accept donations for i…

I assume that implies you are not proponents of software freedom? The distinction may be important for some people, if only for placing trust in your long-term vision.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how does open sourcing something imply they are not proponents of software freedom? For me, it would imply (or be rather explicit) that they are proponents of software freedom.

Re: IodéOS Is Open Source

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Post by darkwater »

karteum wrote: post #15
amaurino wrote: post #2

Hey guys, We are happy to announce that we are releasing iodéOS as open source software! From the beginning, we have been strong proponents of open source software and part of our code was open from day one. We are happy to take the next step and completely open source iodéOS. We would like to thank the community as well as all beta testers for your commitment for iodé. As you may know, we also accept donations for i…

Thanks for this ! Just to better understand some of your technical choices : are you using microG ? Do your phones pass SafetyNet ? (there are many apps that do not work out-of-the-box with custom roms, e.g. bank/payment applications, etc). ! May I also ask : why did you create your own rom rather than contributing to existing projects with a similar target ? (e.g. /e/, calyxos, grapheneos, which start from LineageOS…

I'm interested on this as well, in a few months I might be in the market for a new phone and I'm looking at the FairPhone 4which is available out of the box with IodéOS as well.

Re: IodéOS Is Open Source

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Post by tokai »

capableweb wrote: post #17
F3nd0 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assume that implies you are not proponents of software freedom? The distinction may be important for some people, if only for placing trust in your long-term vision.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how does open sourcing something imply they are not proponents of software freedom? For me, it would imply (or be rather explicit) that they are proponents of software freedom.

Free software is all about user freedoms. Open source is about the source being open. It is two positions on access to software and code with different ideological foundations.

Re: IodéOS Is Open Source

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Post by capableweb »

tokai wrote: post #19
capableweb wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how does open sourcing something imply they are not proponents of software freedom? For me, it would imply (or be rather explicit) that they are proponents of software freedom.

Free software is all about user freedoms. Open source is about the source being open. It is two positions on access to software and code with different ideological foundations.

If the source was just published without any open source license, I'd call that "public code" or "code released", not specifically "open source" which comes with a different understanding than just the code being released under any specific open source license.

So if the goal is user freedom, how would open source limit that? You have the right to modify the software and you have the right to re-distribute it, together or without your own changes. What "user freedom" is missing from this?

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