Le mercredi 25 septembre 2013 à 16:24 +0300, Dmitriy Nikandrov a écrit : > 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 > for GSM (even can't be because of patents on core specifications) > for LTE > for GPS
A short note about terminology: as RMS highlighted, what we are talking about here is freedom, so I don't see how expressions like "open hardware", "closed source" or "open firmware" are relevant here. It would make more sense and covey a freedom-related message to use expressions such as free software, non-free or proprietary software, free firmwares, etc. For a more detailed view on this topic, please reefer to: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html As for hardware, we'll have to come up with a new expression to put the emphasis on freedom too, maybe "free hardware". > 2013/9/25, Nick <[email protected]>: > > Quoth Brian Kemp: > >> To be clear - the driver is free. The firmware is not. > > > > Gosh, looking at the table on the status page [0] I see that there > > are no devices which have wifi without non-free firmware. So there > > are no phones which have either free wifi or free gsm parts? The > > situation sucks even more than I realised as a casual observer. > > "Sure, you can use your phone freely, so long as you don't want any > > connectivity." > > > > /me sighs. > > > > 0. http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantStatus > > _______________________________________________ > > Replicant mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant > > > _______________________________________________ > Replicant mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
