On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:52:47 -0500
Patrick McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Would the FSF object if we called it the Free Hardware Foundation? Or,
> > would they like to help? The aim of the foundation would be educational
> > -- to promote full documentation of all computer hardware.
> As Timothy pointed out in his response, "free" has multiple connotations
> that cause all sorts of confusion, even with software which really can
> be free (as in beer) since. That's the main reason I have been trying
> to stick with "open" rather than free.
There is also another point to this. By using Free Hardware Foundation
we would inevitably associated with the FSF. This might be good in
some eyes, but a lot of people see the FSF rather as a religous sect
instead of an foundation. As for what i've read on this ml, i think
most people here are more pragmatic and thus more open to compromises,
then the people from FSF are. Hence we shouldn't be associated too
closely with the FSF.
Attila Kinali
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