Paul Kocialkowski <[email protected]> escribió: >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.
Thanks for the heads up! I knew about the BIOS and I knew I was Compromising with that, I did not know about the firmware. I guess I was over confident on seeing it on h-node.org as a top item. -- Enviado desde mi teléfono con K-9 Mail. _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
