On Wed, 01 May 2013 07:20:08 -0400 Fabian Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2013-05-01 03:09, [email protected] wrote: > > so in term of suggesting / promoting non-free devices you Silicon Dust > > devices are not "better" than using a TV adapter which relies on a > > firmware blob. > > I believe they are much better, yes. They give unlimited access to > unencrypted streams in programmatic ways in addition to exposing the > hardware to free open source drivers and software without touching the > OS. They have achieved an abstraction layer that I consider a good design. > > Perfect, and compliant with my ethics and freedom objectives, no. I made > that clear in several ways in my posts. > > Have you asked them to license their firmware freely? That is what came > up after the discussion on this thread. I don't have timne to pursue > this. Chris or someone else could strike a deal and work with them like > he did with QCA, I previously discussed this device with him - I doubt > there is market for it just by seing the negative comments about pricing > on the USB wifi device that just came out. I think it's a smart business > decision to wait. > > > Not to sound offensive but such a list is useless since most likely 90 > > to 95% of the consumer devices available rely on firmware files. > > Actually that would be 100%. The HD Homerun device doesn't rely on > firmware files on your PC, it already has them onboard. As such your > system can be considered almost free (BIOS?..). > > Your use of "most likely" while citing statistics without sources is not > useful, on the other hand. Please don't do that. > > > Devices without relying on blobs are like the needle in the haystack ;) > > ...but I guess that is something which Chris could tell us more on his > > search for a blob-free device. > > Please don't GUESS - ask him directly, or do the search yourself and > report back here. > > F. > > > -- > Fabián Rodríguez > http://fsf.magicfab.ca > > >
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