On 1 March 2011 17:02, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:41:14PM +0100, Melvin Carvalho wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> The only problem I see is Android specifics, which won't play nice >>>>>> with the Debian toolchain. >>>>> >>>>> If I am not mistaken, the topic of this mailinglist is the _Debian_ >>>>> FreedomBox project. Not the Google FreedomBox project or whatever else. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure what your point is. >>> >>> This mailinglist was created in direct response to a talk made in July at >>> a Debian conference, where Eben Moglen challenged the Debian community to >>> put the already production-ready Debian distro onto the already >>> production-ready Plug devices, "just" make the combination dead simple for >>> non-geeks to consume. > >>> Debian supports Plug devices, not Android phones. Debian also support a >>> gazillion devices other than Plug devices, and a gazillion other use cases, >>> but I dare say this particular project was created with the relatively >>> narrow scope of consumer-friendly design + Plug devices + Debian subset of >>> freedom-enabling technologies. >> >> What about Eben's original talk about NYU a year ago, 'Freedom in the >> Cloud', where he coined the term 'Freedom Box'? >> >> I believe he mentioned both Fedora and Debian.. IMHO he was promoting >> the idea of free software in the freedom box, and selected Debian as a >> leader rather than an absolute. > > Several Eben Moglen talks are original. Possibly the term FreedomBox was > _introduced_ at a talk a year ago. I can't say for sure, and also find it > irrelevant for this discussion.
Here's the original. Worth watching, IMHO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOEMv0S8AcA > > Do you not understand that a different talk spawned this mailinglist? > > Or do you not care and feel the goal should be more broad nevertheless? I do feel the general goals of the freedom box should be a broad one. Totally respect the original of this list and the debian nature. I run debian myself and am happy for that to be the focus. However, I was unsure that other related freedom box projects are completely out of scope at this early stage, but if you tell me, I'll believe you. > > Eben is great inspiration, but do not dictate work done here. > > Neither do I. Please reread this thread if you feel Debian is all I care > about. > > > - Jonas > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJNbRiLAAoJECx8MUbBoAEhv+0P/RB4NYXK/3vx1/TJBegRT99t > DT2DtRgDQ+ydsdKt+zPjPsorMID7I47g4b0qO9KgZfu8McKycuu79LoESBzLLIw3 > k6bv0ccoUr3N8j3p2Ll6DEFiaJ5RTjDQ24VcljZVu0sy9rqOkzcpL4IqOVkIzBCu > S/Bf7j8zFJyKADmvQNAfl4zcwgwbVhdXI8wZnhqvoufNPfP0TUpOIlnG4foIoJWp > kqO3J14sWYL+mHftL+KoAW2gkYibFViqz+vT2v1H7FyikgBT368dEVoj87YWMzCS > +9RjeYdmd5X/+uL+nvsAVTFaP4+b8opmIV/8sGDAxvHE1UJ7QA+AGe8RVrbicIyn > TLDqfGff991dgUR+p/hJl2kTnRiMOdEQTzLfPITmgOqOuijTW5VNdwcq0bjvOv/T > nxzmR1J9eHpCZSbDfNZ2iNfblVL3o0/aTGJTFkl/m2V5M7V7l5jNQkp+PzwWWTeR > ZLCneNtbT4+Z/eTZki8JiTmE5f6GlMJynnVkEQ46GOxslCFPHkEroSt7fPG0XTLP > SXpCfIdMnn5qPjBb41UEEV3dgASUFU/p7QJvAIKeiGNvI8n+vU3K6GPhGTmWFNZa > h6BxBoEJvsQ8qUuIvuRQcBL7zqXiE+6MPFNl3aE4oisvQcLXb7IGuI0wb0zqNCuz > flRIjHR40/Bl5f4aotpB > =oBhd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Freedombox-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss > > _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
