Le mercredi 25 septembre 2013 à 16:54 +0100, Andres a écrit : > > Dmitriy Nikandrov <[email protected]> escribió: > >Not only phones, > >but also laptops, desktops, routers, etc... Even Raspberry Pi in it's > >heart is closed source. > > > >The problem is that there is no OPEN HARDWARE chips (with open > >firmware): > >for Wi-Fi > > Mi acer aspire zg5 netbook begs to differ on this. I use trisquel/gnu linux > with no need of propietary software. > There is still hope for a libre phone. I believe there was a kickstarter for > a phone with replaceable boxes. I can dig out the link if needed.
You will probably be saddened to know that your device runs many non-free firmwares in the chips that work with Trisquel. e.g. your WiFi thing has a non-free firmware running in it, it's simply not loaded software, but it is still, even though the FSF and RMS would disagree on that, but I do believe it's still software and deserves the four freedom, regardless of how easy it is to replace it. It is up to you to make a compromise for that sort of non-loaded firmwares, but keep in mind it is a compromise, not an ideal situation. Very few devices can actually run with free firmwares, as John highlighted with a link to the Respect Your Freedom list. Moreover, you probably have a non-free BIOS, which is an obvious exemple of non-free software running on your system even though you have Trisquel. -- Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer Replicant is a fully free Android distribution Website: http://www.replicant.us Wiki/Tracker: http://redmine.replicant.us _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
