Release on F-Droid?

[JonnyHaystack]

Hi there, seeing as this app is open-source why not release it on F-Droid as well? Currently the only way to download it is on the play store which is not ideal.

[jtsalva]

Hi @JonnyHaystack, completely new to F-Droid, read a bit about it just now and see no reason why CloudMare can't be available through it. Do you have any experience with getting an app distributed on F-Droid which you could lend?

[JonnyHaystack]

I don't personally maintain any Android apps, so I'm afraid I haven't done it myself

[jtsalva]

@JonnyHaystack work in progress, opened a merge request
in fdroid/fdroiddata https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/6530

[jtsalva]

Successfully added CloudMare to F-Droid, see commit

[resynth1943]

Shouldn't the F-Droid item also warn the user that this app connects to spyware web endpoints?

You can set that up in F-Droid. Look under "nonfree endpoints".

[jtsalva]

@resynth1943 please could you specify which endpoints you believe are 'spyware endpoints'?

[resynth1943]

@jtsalva Cloudflare API endpoints.

[resynth1943]

• The application stores the location of the spyware web endpoint (Cloudflare API) here
• The application generates and executes a HTTP request to the spyware web endpoint (Cloudflare API) here

As such, you are expected to notify users by using the following "antifeature" notifications:

• NonFreeNet

More information on "antifeature" notifications can be seen here.

[JonnyHaystack]

Really dude? This kind of thing is what gives the free software community a bad name. This is an app for cloudflare.. Of course it connects to cloudflare, and it's pretty rude to claim this app "connects to spyware web endpoints". Of course yes it should be labelled on F-Droid as connecting to nonfree web services, but anyone who wants to use this app is installing it to use with cloudflare. Don't act like there's some kind of subterfuge here.

[resynth1943]

I am not "acting like" anything. Please do not make egregious accusations.

As clearly seen in my above comment, this app connects to nonfree web endpoints.
You have admitted this:

Of course yes it should be labelled on F-Droid as connecting to nonfree web services

I don't know what's up for debate here. I'm simply relaying the information provided by the F-Droid team, which is: applications that connect to nonfree web endpoints should be labelled as such.

[jtsalva]

@resynth1943 Whilst I don't agree with classifying Cloudflare's API as spyware, thanks for making me aware of the F-Droid antifeature page. I will add the missing label(s) when I get the chance. If you need this done urgently, please don't hold back from raising a PR yourself on F-Droid's repo :)