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On Sunday, October 6, 2013, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > > Am 06.10.2013 um 22:05 schrieb Paul Kocialkowski: > > > 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". > > Yes, > and before we get into the same discussion here as the last days on the > openmoko > mailing list, please look at these definitions: > > http://www.opencollector.org/Whyfree/definitions.html > http://www.opencollector.org/Whyfree > > -- hns > _______________________________________________ > Replicant mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant > -- Atte, *Carlos Pizarro León*
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