Count with me.
El dom, 02-10-2011 a las 08:50 +0200, [email protected] escribió:
> I would like to suggest a campaign to produce free software based consumer
> products such as digital audio players (e.g. supported by Rockbox), cameras
> and laptops (e.g. supported by coreboot).
>
> The FSF has a campaign for a free BIOS, but without a long list of people who
>
> wish to purchase a computer with a free BIOS I cannot see any of the OEMs
> producing such a computer.
>
> What is needed is getting at least 100 thousand signatures of people who
> require that their next laptop will support a free BIOS or requiring that
> their next digital audio player or camera will only use free software that
> can be replaced without voiding the warranty.
>
> I believe that the recent news regarding Windows 8 requiring signed
> bootloaders is a good opportunity for the free software community to obtain a
>
> large number of signatures to promote this cause.
>
> It should be noted that there is a company that produces professional cameras
>
> running free software called Eiphel, but their cameras are too expensive for
> consumers who are not professionals and are looking for cheap cameras.
>
