Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 7:47 UTC (Fri) by DOT (subscriber, #58786)
In reply to: Mono Relicensed MIT by Cyberax
Parent article: Mono Relicensed MIT

By the way, this is released as GPL-3: https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.sr...

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 8:06 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (10 responses)

Yes, it is indeed released as GPLv3. You can be sure of that, after all it's built by fDroid from source!

And let me quote the relevant part of it (out of the whole 60 lines of code):

>Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://search?q=pname:" +
> OSMAND_COMPONENT_PLUS));
>try {
> stopService(intent);
> startActivity(intent);
>} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {}

The parking and address plugins are similar in content.

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 8:25 UTC (Fri) by DOT (subscriber, #58786) [Link] (9 responses)

I haven't investigated the code. What is your argument?

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 8:31 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (8 responses)

These plugins in the fDroid repository are just references to paid closed source plugins on Google Market. There is no actual functionality in the "GPL" version of these plugins.

But be sure, download the source code and check for yourself.

To recap, OsmAnd is just another example of corporate shareware with paid versions providing additional functionality, that uses GPL to prevent other companies from providing competing offers.

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 8:36 UTC (Fri) by DOT (subscriber, #58786) [Link]

I'll take your word for it. I guess a fork is in order, if someone is willing to take the time. I don't quite see how a proprietary program is better than an open core program, considering the large open core.

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 19:29 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (6 responses)

Umm, I have the Contour plugin from F-Droid and it works just fine…

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 19:36 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (5 responses)

OK, more misleading content from you (or you're not really grokking that code). That code seems to be looking for OsmAnd itself and opening *it* if you click the plugin from the application drawer (or whatever), the code you reference is to pop up an alert that you need OsmAnd for the plugin to actually work.

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 20:05 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (4 responses)

This is the code of the plugin:
https://github.com/osmandapp/Osmand/tree/master/OsmAnd/sr...

It depends on hillshade file, which is not present in the default OsmAnd package. I just downloaded it and checked, again.

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 20:13 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (3 responses)

Is there some import that isn't satisfied or are you referring to something like this:

log.info("Indexing hillshade file " + filename);

Hillshade files are available just like any other map: you download the file for the region(s) you're interested in.

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 20:16 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (2 responses)

I don't see it in the UI of the basic version. Will try again...

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 8, 2016 20:38 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

The only difference between the "basic" and the "plus" edition is that the "plus" one is a donation. It's the same code (AFAICT); F-Droid builds the "plus" edition. Maybe they disable the plugins in the "basic" version, but then it's also convenience-ware in that you could build your own "plus" edition, but if you donate some money to them (and Google…), you can use the plugins. Personally, I go through F-Droid. Nothing in the GPL says you have to provide binaries…

In any case, you may need to enable the plugin for contours in the plugin menu to be able to enable the hillshade or contour layers.

Mono Relicensed MIT

Posted Apr 9, 2016 20:22 UTC (Sat) by DOT (subscriber, #58786) [Link]

Yeah, these plugins also seem to work on my phone without paying for it through the Play store. OsmAnd seems to be GPL entirely, and my assumption about their MIT Pull Request policy seems to be correct: it is to please Apple.