Hardware by it's nature can't be "free". Yo can't modify it. That's why i
call it "open".

What should be free is the DESIGN of the hardware, e.g. schematics, CAD
files - everything what will give you freedom to reproduce, modify, copy,
etc...


2014-03-21 20:27 GMT+02:00 Paul Kocialkowski <[email protected]>:

>
> > It will always be a cat-and-mouse game until hardware becomes open.
> >
> I prefer to talk about free hardware. I know that terminology brings
> even more ambiguity than free software, but talking about open hardware
> doesn't reflect any of the moral ideas that are inherent to free
> software.
>
> --
> Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer
>
> Replicant is a fully free Android distribution
>
> Website: http://www.replicant.us/
> Redmine: http://redmine.replicant.us/
>
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