Were the Allwinner GPL violations ever sorted? Would make strange bedfellows for fsf if not :)
On 11 August 2016 05:59:06 BST, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: >OK, this looks functional enough to be useful to at least some folks >around here, yet small enough to be doable, and a useful step towards >RYF/libre computing hardware. > >I hope they are successful. >Zenaan > > >----- Forwarded message from "Donald Robertson, III, FSF" ><don...@fsf.org> ----- >Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:49:59 -0400 >From: "Donald Robertson, III, FSF" <don...@fsf.org> >Reply-To: "Donald Robertson, III, FSF" <don...@fsf.org> >Subject: Support the Libre Tea Computer Card > >**Read online: ><https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/support-the-libre-tea-computer-card-a-candidate-for-respects-your-freedom-certification>.** > > >Dear Mr Zenaan Harkness, > >The Earth-friendly EOMA68 Computing Devices project is a crowdfunding >campaign run on Crowd Supply to produce a line of hardware products >that are ecologically responsible and built based on royalty-free, >unencumbered hardware standards. They write: > >> "Now imagine if you owned a computing device that you could easily >> fix yourself and inexpensively upgrade as needed. So, instead of >> having to shell out for a completely new computer, you could simply >> spend around US$50 to upgrade — which, by the way, you could easily >> do in SECONDS, by pushing a button on the side of your device and >> just popping in a new computer card. Doesn’t that sound like the way >> it should be?" > >[This project][1] certainly sounds appealing, but only if the computer >hardware is designed and configured to run software that does as much >as possible to respect your freedom and ensure your control over your >device. Fortunately, one option you have when backing this project is >to purchase a Libre Tea Computer Card. After working closely with the >developers and reviewing a sample test board, we are confident that >their plans are to create a device that can achieve our [Respects Your >Freedom (RYF)][2] certification. > >[1]: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop >[2]: https://www.fsf.org/ryf > >The project is being developed by Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton of >[Rhombus-Tech][3] and is sponsored by Christopher Waid of >[ThinkPenguin][4], a company that sells [multiple RYF-certified >hardware products][2]. It is exciting to see passionate free software >advocates in our community working with OEMs to produce a computer >hardware product capable of achieving RYF certification. We hope that >this is the first of many computing systems they are able to design >and build that respect your freedom. > >[3]: http://rhombus-tech.net >[4]: https://www.thinkpenguin.com/ > >The Libre Tea Computer Card is built with an Allwinner A20 dual core >processor configured to use the main CPU for graphics; it has 2 GB of >RAM and 8 GB of NAND Flash; and it will come pre-installed with >[Parabola GNU/Linux-libre][5], an [FSF-endorsed fully-free operating >system][6]. > >[5]: https://www.parabola.nu/ >[6]: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros > >We encourage you to [back the Libre Tea Computer Card][1]. We'll have >to do another evaluation once it is actually produced to be sure it >meets our certification standards, but we have high hopes. Their >funding deadline is August 26th, so don't delay! > >Donald Robertson >Copyright & Licensing Associate >-- >* Follow us at <https://status.fsf.org/fsf>. >* Subscribe to our RSS feeds at <https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS>. >* Join us as an associate member at <https://www.fsf.org/jf>. > >Sent from the Free Software Foundation, > >51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor >Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1335 >UNITED STATES > > >You can unsubscribe from this mailing list by visiting > >https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=144946&qid=20563409&h=01d4bfb3e6e84598. > >To stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including >Defective by Design, >and the Free Software Supporter newsletter, visit > >https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=144946&qid=20563409&h=01d4bfb3e6e84598. > >----- End forwarded message -----
