On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 Mar 2010 5:30:30 pm Rajeev Nair wrote: > > > For me a GNU laptop is a laptop with atleast a GNU OS installed on it > > > (complete open hardware is an added advantage). > > > > > > Exactly what advantage comes with 'open' hardware ? > > > > this whole discussion reminds be of the raging war between > environmentalists > and developers. I read somewhere that a developer is defined as a person > who > wants to build resorts/cottages in the jungle and an environmentalist is a > person who already has a resort/cottage in the jungle. So you define GNU > laptop > as what you have - Narendra does not have a openmoko phone so he allows > reliance phones. > > Yes, I am allowed to carry my reliance mobile phone but i am not allowed to show it that how to create a new application on this mobile phone even thought i have released that application under GPL. > the whole thing is ridiculous - if the person is describing open source or > demoing it, what does it matter what tools he uses? suppose he uses a white > board and marker pens - I am sure every pen in the market is patented, and > so > is every whiteboard. > -- > regards > Kenneth Gonsalves > Senior Associate > NRC-FOSS > http://certificate.nrcfoss.au-kbc.org.in > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
