> 1. Build an authentic NeXTStep feeling GNUStep OS. However - we don't > want it to simulate things that were restrictive i.e authentic in ways > that > mean simulating things you "couldn't do" in NeXTStep/OpenStep. Blend in > with Raspbian is a winning idea I think, happy to hear other suggestions > though.
In my view we should not do anything regarding Raspbian, because it includes non-free components. To quote https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/single-board-computers : > The Raspberry Pi requires nonfree software to start up. It can't reach the > point of executing free software unless this nonfree program is part of the > installed system software. > > The startup program is, in fact, the same program that runs the GPU and the > video decoding hardware. Thus, the GPU and the video decoding hardware are > unusable in the free world, but these jobs can be done with free software on > the CPU. > > That program appears to implement intentional restrictions, such as blocking > the video decoding hardware for MPEG-2 and VC-1 in the absence of a key that > is specific to the machine in hand. This nonfree startup program affects both > models of the Raspberry Pi. Hope it helps. -- Svetlana A. Tkachenko Member of the Free Software Foundation www.fsf.org www.gnu.org www.freenode.net _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
