I think this is great! Wonderful news that they are so close to being totally free.
Were people offended ? Thanks for the info, -Marcus > On Mar 24, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Pen-Yuan Hsing <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just heard back from them: > > "We have already applied for the "Respects Your Freedom" certification. > There is a "binary blob" on the prototypes. > It is only for the ASM1061 PCI to SATA Bridge. > As is ... it still qualifies for "Respects Your Freedom" > Per FSF request we will be working to remove this to blob and the associated > SPI-NOR Chips. > The Schematic (and the blob) is available on https://github.com/gnubee-git > > Larry" > > I hope it's OK I shared the message here? (really sorry if I offended > anyone!) But I think it is good news that they are actively working with the > FSF to get RYF certification! Let's see how we can help move this forward! > >> On 24/03/17 10:40, Marcus Wilson wrote: >> I like this. I think I might give it a shot for home use, but I would >> investigate LEDE a little more if concerned about using 100% free >> software. Their FAQ says it's based on GPLv2 and other licenses. This >> and Debian are the two components I think where you might end up with >> incidental non-free software and not even be aware of it. This project >> seems to care very much about being totally free though and I hope they >> reach their fund raising goal. >> >> Thanks for sharing! >> Marcus >> >> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Pen-Yuan Hsing <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> FYI I just noticed the GnuBee Personal Cloud 1 NAS that appears to >> be fully free (as in freedom): >> >> https://www.crowdsupply.com/gnubee/personal-cloud-1 >> >> Can anyone here tell if it really is 100% freedom-respecting? I've >> been waiting for years for a libre NAS and would love to get one if >> it is fully libre! If it is I think we should all help spread the word! _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
