Fairphone - a free Android device?

[Tobias Platen]

On 31.07.2014 12:05, Carsten Agger wrote:
> I just received my Fairphone. It came with a widget to "install
> Google apps" - when I clicked it, I was told that the phone is
> missing important functionality as it does not include Google apps,
> which they "unfortunately" don't have a license to distribute.
> 
> I then deleted the widget.
> 
> In th instruction folder under "your rights", we're told that all 
> applicable software licenses are in the "Legal information"
> section under the "about phone" entry in the settings.
> 
> Entering there, I find that the only point is "Open Source
> Licenses". These are listed in a not very intuitive way, but seems
> mostly to be GPL and standard Android/Apache licenses. So
> apparently the Fairphone does not have any proprietary software
> installed by default. So maybe buying a Fairphone is one of the
> easiest (admittedly not cheapest) ways of getting a free vanilla
> Android system?
> 
> Best, Carsten
> 
> 
> 
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Hello,

There are no non-free apps installed by default, but it does include
non-free drivers and firmwares. It is also missing F-Droid which
should be included on a free Android device.

Tobias Platen