Yes I noticed this as well. In terms of offended, I am not in this case - and in some cases I am - it depends (to me ; only my opinion) if I believe the message is an attempt to use this list for promotion and personal gain.
What I do is to add a disclaimer to inform readers as to my personal relationship with said product. For example: " I am not affiliated with company x and I do not have any financial interest in product y" And I sometimes I add that I am only and interested potential customer/user etc. I learned this back in the days before the commercial internet. In gratitude, -james -- James McFarland [email protected] On Fri, Mar 24, 2017, at 09:21, Marcus Wilson wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
