Re: [Libreplanet-us-wa] OneBusAway [was Re: Thx for a great meetup.]

[elcaseti .]

That may be the case.  I can't tell.  Almost all of the map-related apps I've used or read about on google play use open street maps.  It would be odd if onebusaway uses something else.  Then again, I always use offline maps on Android whenever possible (because I only use wifi, no data plan at all).  onebusaway only works when I'm able to connect to wifi.  Maybe there's more of an advantage to using open street maps to create offline apps, than there is when creating online apps.  It could also be a coincidence, I'm not sure.

If some folks are going to librefy Trip Planner, it will require some coordination with fdroid to meet their rules, as well. 

On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 9:09 AM, Ian Kelling <address@hidden> wrote:

https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Inclusion_Policy

"For software to be FOSS, the software in its entirety must be so - including all libraries and dependencies used"

 

I haven't used it, but could it be that it is that it's

dependent on proprietary android google maps

software until someone makes it work with open streetmap?

 

 

On Sat, Dec 26, 2015, at 10:56 PM, elcaseti . wrote:

Well, I read the forum postings linked to above about onebusaway, & I still don't understand why it isn't included in fdroid.  It sounds like every few months, an app could be added & removed from fdroid, based on what the app maker changes. 

 

On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Jon Erlichman <address@hidden> wrote:

And again, it's not Trip Planner. That app should be free and we really need to pressure them to liberate it.

 

If you all want to call it a hackathon, fine. Regardless, let's do this. Let's get this thing released under a free license.

 

 

On December 26, 2015 10:08:39 PM PST, Jon Erlichman <address@hidden> wrote:

Looks like it can't be:

 

https://f-droid.org/forums/topic/onebusaway-onebusaway-android/

 

On December 26, 2015 9:57:10 PM PST, "elcaseti ." <address@hidden> wrote:

so, how do we get it added to fdroid?

 

On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 5:51 AM, Ian Kelling <address@hidden> wrote:

 

On Sat, Dec 26, 2015, at 09:45 PM, elcaseti . wrote:

If that is the case, & it appears to be, then problem solved.  I'm so used to apps on Google Play being non-libre software, that it didn't occur to me that it might be Libre.  Very cool.

 

 

But it's not available on f-droid so there isn't an easy

way to install it without using proprietary software.