[PD] Free/open mobile platform for Pd?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Oct 12, 2009, at 3:19 PM, martin brinkmann wrote:

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>
>>> as far as i have heard, rjdj is currently ported to android.
>>
>> But not released, and likely not free.
>
> probably "free as in beer" only, but i hope it does not take too
> long until it is released.

AFAIK, they wanted to keep the core rjdj app a free download, but  
Apple doesn't allow you to sell media for apps that are free (rjdj  
sells "albums" of pd patches).  So now rjdj is only free as in beer if  
you have a jailbroken phone.

.hc

>> What's non-free about Maemo?  I use a Maemo device daily and as far  
>> as I
>> can tell its as free as Ubuntu (there might be some binary blobs, but
>> there might not).
>
> i meant the non-free binaries, and i am not sure how the
> telephon-functionality is integrated in the new maemo version.



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