<div dir="ltr">Erik Albers wanted me (as dev@ moderator) to pass this along without subscribing to the list:<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear Developers,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Today, like every year on Valentine's Day, the Free Software</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Foundation Europe is running its "I love Free Software" campaign: a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">day to show and celebrate your love for Free Software.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">That is why I take my chance today to thank you, the developers of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">OsmAnd for all the work you are doing! I also made a blogpost about it</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">[1], but here is your personalized version:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Last year in summer, I was doing a bicycle trip for some days through</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the northern part of Germany, especially through the Mecklenburgische</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Seenplatte and along the Baltic Sea. Generally, when I am on bicycle</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">trips, I prefer to cycle aside from roads and motorways but along the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">paths, the hiking trails or even dirt tracks. That was exactly the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">time, when I fell in love with OsmAnd.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">This is because it gives me the ability to use really good maps for</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">navigation with Free Software. But this is especially true, because I</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">can download any maps of the world and use it afterwards completely</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">offline. When I cycle long distances through landscape (where you miss</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">power plugs as well as network connectivity most of the time) I can</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">stay in flight-mode all the time and keep on cycling with navigation</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">for days. That's awesome.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">In addition, your maps are really good and detailed and I find even</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">tiny hiking trails to follow - I just love it.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Last, but not least, I really appreciate that you can download OsmAnd</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">from F-droid, the Free Software App Repository, so I can use all</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">OsmAnd features without the need of any Google account.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">In short: Dear OsmAnd developers, thank you very much for this useful</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">app. Keep the good work going, I love you guys!</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">   Erik</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">[1] </span><a href="http://blogs.fsfe.org/eal/2014/02/14/i-love-free-software-osmand/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://blogs.fsfe.org/eal/2014/02/14/i-love-free-software-osmand/</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

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