So to confirm…
Forkgram is NOT FOSS?
It is just a re-designed STANDARD telegram, with some extra features?
If it’s in F-Droid it is FOSS
Just it states absolute nowhere on F-Droid, GitHub or even Forkgram tele channel that IT IS indeed FOSS.
Only that it is officially telegram with some added UI improvements and some extra features.
That’s what’s confusing me.
Other forks clearly state they are FOSS, but unfortunately they have not been recieving updates.
Which part of About | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
F-Droid is a robot with a passion for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) on the Android platform. On this site you’ll find a repository of FOSS apps, along with an Android client to perform installations and updates, news, reviews, and other features covering all things Android and software-freedom related.
…is unclear? maybe we can improve the text?
I appreciate your replies, thank you.
Just the whole F-droid and minimal Google playstore use, is new to me.
With me not seeing it clearly stated FOSS in the Forkgram repo, it really threw me off and had me thinking it was standard telegram, with different UI and extra features…
Still with the app store compulsory code/bloatware!
Forkgram just got F-Doid update right?
Telegram-FOSS is still showing as 10months ago!
Yes.
Let me try and rephrase here.
F-Droid does not allow proprietary binaries or software in its apps (hosted under F-Droid). So they fall under the purview or scale of FOSS (also as their source code is open) and are hence called such. The application TG-FOSS & Forkgram are FOSS. The connection (server side here) is not open sourced nor available as FOSS for various reasons and hence that anti-feature tag. Now some FOSS can be FLOSS as well and those can contain both client side (app) and server side (connections etc). The L here is Libre which means to liberate or to be fully free of any restrictions. So TG be it any client can never be FLOSS, & FORKGRAM, TG FOSS are FOSS at application level.