Posts by John Sullivan 1

A few corrections

Happy to see an otherwise accurate article, but I did want to point out that the issue has nothing to do with the Apache License, which *is* considered free by the Free Software Foundation, and version 2.0 of which is even recommended for some situations by the FSF. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#apache2.

The issue is that many drivers and applications on a typical Android device are outright proprietary. They are not distributed under Apache, or the GPL. They are not free because they are distributed in binary-only form and with a license that says you may not redistribute them at all.

I hope you can correct the article to remove the incorrect statement. While we do generally promote copyleft licenses like the GPL over lax permissive ones like Apache, this campaign has absolutely nothing to do with any objection to the Apache 2.0 License used by much of Android.

Also, we do accept wire transfers in other currencies. :)

Thanks!

John Sullivan

Executive Director, FSF