On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 13:49 +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > ams> That is exactly what people are being told right now with the > ams> FSFE distributing this device to fellows. > > It has been implied that we were telling this to people, although > we explicitly pointed out that we are not recommending these > devices and pass them on only for the purpose of finding people to > free them. > > But giving them away you are indeed recommending them, a message > stating that you are not does not change the fact.
Well, not just that, but in the case of the N800, they're asking people to buy them, albeit at a subsidised rate. The new text on the page is an improvement, but it's still a bit odd to raffle work to people :) Perhaps in the future the FSFE should consult with people about hardware; even the fully free router has free software issues: http://jjinux.blogspot.com/2006/12/linux-netgear-open-source-wireless-g.html ... and I understand it doesn't work with OpenWRT. It's not a freeness issue, but it's a pain, and there are better options out there. Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
