Mendeley is available as a debian package but can receive updates via apt. I have read through the Requirements for adding Software Boutique applications but I am not sure if it qualifies. I have previously added Zotero to the wiki and hope for it to be included (instead).[quote=“lah7, post:10, topic:6290”]
The wiki post got very messy, if you’d like the program to be seriously considered for the Boutique
[/quote]
Yeah, I guess the Zotero detour contributed a bit to that. Is Zotero on a roadmap for inclusion?
I am still undecided if Mendeley is suitable for the Software Boutique. It is certainly a great program but there are several issues I am not sure about and that need additional clarification. Their anti-privacy policy, forced online syncing of all files, its association with Elsevier, as well as a forced sign-up all make me less than enthusiastic to campaign for its inclusion. In their developmental release notes (under Mendeley uses …) I read that their LibreOffice Plugin is essentially based on the one developed by Zotero. Doesn’t the use of code from other open source software projects explicitly require that modifications must be made available to the project it was taken from and not be included in a license which is itself proprietary? I hope that @marfig can shed some light on this with his background from both the proprietary and open source worlds. Do you use any reference managers or bibliographic tools in Ubuntu MATE? @CrazyDesi?
The only reason I am still considering Mendeley is its excellent PDF annotation and highlighting function and the lack of a good and free PDF annotator for Ubuntu MATE that could replace it. This is yet another example that (at least concerning functionality) proprietary software can be better than software based on an open source development model, a topic which is currently discussed here.