On Tuesday 09 January 2007 11:14, Lourens Veen wrote: > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 03:46, Patrick McNamara wrote: > > > Oh, and should Patrick McNamara and the OHF follow suit? Asking > > > him to change OHF to something else is about like asking Traversal > > > to change its name. Some things are much harder to do, so this is > > > entirely up to him and his board members. But I just thought I'd > > > mention the idea. > > > > That would be somewhat difficult right now as it would require filing > > and amendment to the articles of incorporation which are currently > > working their way through the cog that is the state goverment of > > Texas. > > > > I certainly understand RMS' postion on "free" vs "open" and generally > > agree with him, though I differ on some points. I am a bit more > > pragmatic with an undertone of idealism. Still, I have concerns > > about using the word "free" in the title of a hardware project or the > > Foundation. While it does pose less of an issue than "open" in terms > > of confusing meanings, the big confusion it does have, between free > > beer and free speech, causes significant issue with hardware. In the > > general sense we will never be producing free as in beer hardware. > > This means that any packaging or press materials that reference "free > > hardware" will cause serious problems in the general problem. In the > > lawsuit happy US, I can certain see someone saying "It said there was > > free hardware in the box. I didn't get anything free. I'll sue for > > false advertising!" So yes that may be an exageration, but only a > > little. > > That's an excellent point. Perhaps we should refer to "Free Design" > hardware? That would make more sense in other ways as well, in that you > normally have the right to change a physical object that is in your > possession anyway, and that in practice this is mainly about the
Ahh.... Not in the US I don't think you do. The DMCA put paid to that. Nor in any of the other countries where PS/2, XBox etc modders have been shutdown. All the manufacturer needs to do is claim you're circumventing copy protection (Which is pretty much undefined, a simple XOR on some data will be accepted as 'encryption' I believe) and away for a holiday without sun you go. H _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
