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== GNU+Linux client ==
 
== GNU+Linux client ==
  
None exists.
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The GNU/Linux client currently depends on non-free software called Electron. See:
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* [https://git.parabola.nu/blacklist.git/tree/blacklist.txt Parabola's blacklisting of Electron].
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* [https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/1231 Related issue in Parabola project].
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Further more, the notes on the "web" version apply.
  
 
== riot-android ==
 
== riot-android ==

Revision as of 16:02, 18 July 2017

Dependency and freedom issues

GNU+Linux client

The GNU/Linux client currently depends on non-free software called Electron. See:

Further more, the notes on the "web" version apply.

riot-android

Has "conditional" freedom status when built. Only builds for F-Droid are free/libre, others aren't. This "conditional freedom" is programmed in the source files and is activated automatically by default, so it seems that the Riot proprietors only want to "reach out for more people" rather than provide free/libre software for everyone. See this discussion on libreplanet-br mailing list (in Brazilian Portuguese).

riot-web

Requires non-free software, or the website visitors aren't informed on which license covers the software and where to get the complete corresponding source files. See this discussion on libreplanet-br mailing list (in Brazilian Portuguese).



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