On Thursday, November 10, 2016 08:51:14 Riley Baird wrote: > Should Trisquel be able to create a list of computers with compatible > hardware?
This is a good question, and may be someone here can provide an answer? To be sure, I am a bit confused about Trisquel's endorsement of, say, ThinkPenguin, which to my best knowledge does not supply any systems with free BIOS. Trisquel's page makes a clear distinction between free BIOS systems and others: https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/complete-systems Still, I was under an impression that FSDG distributions should not recommend any nonfree software. If that is not the case and recommending a system with nonfree BIOS is OK (as long as it runs a free OS), then I think there shouldn't be any problem with Purism laptops either, no? I understand they do not require any nonfree software to be fully functional? My understanding of FSDG was that third parties would have to make lists of "freedom-friendly" computers. These parties would fail FSDG guidelines, but they would not be distributions, nor would they be endorsed by free distributions. It looks like either I was wrong, or Trisquel is doing something naughty.
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