(Sorry for top posting) Currently there are 2 options: * running a fully Free/Libre system, then accepts hardware runs partially. * running an half Free/Libre system then accept hardware would likely runs "foolish".
A third option would be to build a complete Free/Libre hardware design chain, unfortunately that would need a huge patents survey with a 25 (20 ?) years back jump to the past. At option, a large effort consisting in must-have-features "Patents-Left" deposing would do the drill (I don't discuss on feasability but on patent-threat counter-measure: there is no gentleman agreement in industry, newcomers just pay). Le 4 mai 2016 00:13:27 GMT+02:00, "J.B. Nicholson" <j...@forestfield.org> a écrit : >Julien Kyou wrote: >> Using GNU as a descriptor 'even in the absence of GNU for freedom >> respecting distros' feels right to me, its not credit its a brand. >GNU = >> Freedom, Should be true. > >GNU does nothing to stop hackers from porting it to run on nonfree >kernels. >Hence today we have GNU/kWindows (the GNU OS running atop the kernel >from >Microsoft Windows), GNU/kFreeBSD (the GNU OS running atop the kernel >from >FreeBSD), and GNU/HURD (the GNU OS running atop the HURD microkernel). > >There's no way to tell which of these are free software by looking at >only >the name. We can be sure that the GNU portion is free software >throughout, >but in the context of a distribution the kernel portion is unknown. >Distributions will sometimes take a free OS such as GNU, and make GNU >run >atop a free kernel, and then include nonfree drivers. The total >end-product >distributed to users is thus nonfree until the nonfree parts are >removed. I >don't see how there could ever be a way of assuring a user's software >freedom by only mentioning GNU is included because one will always have >to >do more work to know what else is included in the distribution. Even a >particular distribution that is free today can include nonfree software >in >its repos, so as the FSF's approved distro list criteria says >monitoring >this requires ongoing vigilance and a mindset of fixing freedom >problems. -- Envoyé de mon appareil Android avec K-9 Mail. Veuillez excuser ma brièveté.
