I know what you mean. We were ready to start selling T400 with Libreboot back
in December 2015, but we were discouraged by Rowe. Below exempts from the
e-mail exchange, as response to her invitation earlier "Yes, please do tell
us how Minifree mistreated you."
--------% Hi Francis,
>
> Tehnoetic is ready to sell T400's with Libreboot. We think your project
> is very important and we want to join the efforts, by organizing
> Libreboot flashing workshops and by selling laptops flashed with
> Libreboot, by offering a fraction of the sales in the form of donations
> to Libreboot and by dedicating time to help further develop Libreboot
> software.
>
> We will apply for the RYF certification and we would like to be listed
> on the Libreboot suppliers page too, if that's possible:
>
> http://libreboot.org/suppliers/
>
> Please let me know what you think about the things I proposed above. I
> want to go public after we discuss this.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>
> Thanks in advance and happy hacking!
>
> --
> Tiberiu
> Founder, https://tehnoetic.com
On 05.12.2015 14:03, Francis Rowe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please don't do this
On 05.12.2015 14:07, Tiberiu-Cezar Tehnoetic wrote:
> Hi Francis,
>
> Why not?
On 05.12.2015 14:10, Francis Rowe wrote:
> Minifree already funds the libreboot project. Libreboot costs a lot to
> run, especially now (I'm in a contract with a developer, paying them
> to do work for me).
>
> You doing it would mean that I get less sales. Even if you donated to
> libreboot, it would still only be a fraction of the income that I
> currently make. I either spend it on libreboot, or save it for future
> investment in libreboot.
>
> Also, I don't have a reliable way of accepting donations at the
> moment. If you were to promote Minifree instead, that would benefit me.
On 05.12.2015 14:11, Francis Rowe wrote:
> That said, I think you should organize workshops - that is a good
> idea. If you are involved in a local GNU/Linux Users Group for
> example, people can bring their laptops to get them flashed. I don't
> mind that. But competing with Minifree will hurt the libreboot
> project, not help it.
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