> Therefore is the real problem the fact that Qi-hardware cannot make > and distribute wifi products because of patents?
No, most tech patents nowadays are trivial patents that only impact parasitic trolls and large corporations forming cartels. We are protected from trivial patents by being too poor :-) If we can identify any serious patented invention beyond trivial, we will remove it or engineer around it. Such as we do with MP3, MPEG4, H.264, etc. For the most part patent offices are failing us and the world to tell the difference between trivial/frivolous and actual inventions, so we have to do that ourselves. Bottom line: Qi hardware technology is patent-free until proven otherwise in a courtroom somewhere in our interesting world ;-) For Wi-Fi, it's not in the Ben NanoNote because it's too hard, too difficult. I am very happy that there is no Wi-Fi in the Ben, not because I don't like Wi-Fi, but because it's too hard. > are we supposed to disagree with 802.11x just like we choose not > to use non-Free software? I don't think so, nothing inherently 'bad' in 802.11x other than maybe high power consumption, and just in general a lot of legacy because the standard was so successful and augmented many times over the years. So implementing good 'Wi-Fi' support is very hard, much harder than that one innocent word 'Wi-Fi' may make you believe initially... > Is there a better protocol to use for wifi, a Libre one? I think 802.15.4 holds promise, but the range will not be able to match Wi-Fi range - only 5-10 m. Speed is also slower. > like MicroSD (which I believe we cannot even say- we have to say > 8:10 or something, right?) 'SD' = Secure Digital = trademark which is not licensed freely to the world. So yes, I am not using *SD because I have no rights to do so. Luckily I also have no need :-) > I wouldn't feel too wrong about plugging in my USB wireless g > adapter and using the Libre driver. Am I off base? Never feel wrong hacking and having fun ;-) Cheers, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
