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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