On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 18:21:43 +0000, [email protected] wrote: > On the OSHWA, I don't see a conflict just because of the name. As I said > previously, I think that even Richard has said that 'Open Source' is a > better term for hardware, since it isn't possible to replicate and > distribute 'Free Hardware'. The only thing that can be distributed at no > cost to the distributing person is the design/build information which is as > close to 'source code' as one can get... Thus 'Open Source' is the correct > term for hardware.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.en.html The terms “open hardware” and “open source hardware” are used by some with the same concrete meaning as “free hardware,” but those terms downplay freedom as an issue. They were derived from the term “open source software,” which refers more or less to free software but without talking about freedom or presenting the issue as a matter of right or wrong. To underline the importance of freedom, we make a point of referring to freedom whenever it is pertinent; since “open” fails to do that, let's not substitute it for “free.” -- Mike Gerwitz Free Software Hacker | GNU Maintainer https://mikegerwitz.com FSF Member #5804 | GPG Key ID: 0x8EE30EAB
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