On Tuesday 27 February 2007 14:56, Timothy Normand Miller wrote: > Let's get a snowball rolling. If everyone could respond with ONE > sub-topic that they think should be covered in the publicity, then we > can go and fill in details. > > For instance: > > Full published specifications so that Free Software Drivers are easy > to write. > > Feel free to rip from the Linux Tag poster. :) And the wikipedia > article and the wiki.
The FSF published this last week: http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/how_hardware_vendors_can_help.html Tying in with that would be a good idea I'd say. The problems with proprietary hardware are well-known. So we're making our own: fully documented so that free software drivers can be written and included in the standard Linux kernel. Vendors will then have the option of using hardware with open specs, so that their customers can use the product they bought in any way they like. Having a fully open video BIOS helps developers of open BIOSes. Our position on DRM remains somewhat split I think, some people are fine with it as long as it's fully in hardware, others are with the FSF in saying that it's evil and should not be implemented at all. I should really be working on something else right now, but I'll try and find some time to do a proper writeup soon, unless of course someone beats me to it. Lourens
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