--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 1:31 AM, Muhammed Adel Afzal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Luke > > Trisquel forum member tct claimed that EOMA68 is not libre hardware because > the schematics (?) are not available. which is total bollocks. he should have f*****g well asked instead of accusing. > I read your Crowd Supply page a while ago and recall (and another forum > member pointed out too) that you plan to release these schematics later. schematics are *already* available and have been available for years, as anyone who *bothered to check* - as tct clearly did not - that people here on this list have been doing reviews on a regular basis for years, one of which was done ONLY LAST WEEK. it's right here: http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/2016-August/011644.html does that look like a link to PDF schematics? why it most certainly does, doesn't it! > Do you have anything to add or specify or reiterate on this? other than being really annoyed that people make accusations instead of bothering to ask.... no i don't. > Although eoma68 PCB is not libre now ... it will be some time between now and > when it ships, right? it says on the page, very clearly, that i would like to see the $20,000+ financial investment recouped and the project not be disrupted by 3rd parties taking copies of the hardware and selling them during the campaign. > I don't mean to dull the mood now that the effort reached 99%. I support > your effort and have faith that it's a good faith effort. thanks. you should know that someone who's been working on software libre for 20 years and who has turned down lucrative non-free contracts should be pretty much 100% behind the libre concept!! > Sorry if you already responded on the Trisquel forum and I missed it ... > there were a lot of posts on this subject. i haven't even seen them yet. l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
