Lol...wow, ok....clearly its not a language issue, its a 'you' issue... you seem to think that "making an effort", or "trying", or "trying against difficulties" (your quote) is somehow synonymous with "guarantee", "success"...
And as Theo so plainly put it, >If you don't want such firmwares loaded onto the hardware, then don't >buy the hardware that needs it. On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Martin Hanson <greencopperm...@yandex.com> wrote: > 08.01.2017, 02:53, "Peter Rippe" <peter.ri...@gmail.com>: >> I think it absolutely is a language issue: >> >>> On policy page it clearly says: "OpenBSD strives to provide code that can >> >> be freely used, copied, modified, and distributed by anyone and for any >> purpose." >> >> Operative word being **strives** - might want to look it up. >> >> It does not say 'guaranteed', 'only', nor 'strictly' - It says they make a >> good >> effort to provide such, and they certainly do - particularly compared to the >> rest of the OS landscape. > > Alright, so lets look the word **strives** up: > > Cambridge dictionary: > > "to try hard to do something or make something happen, esp. for a long time > or against difficulties" > > Macmillan dictionary: > > "to make a lot of effort to achieve something" > > Oxford dictionary: > > "Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something" > > Clearly it's NOT a language thing. > > OpenBSD does NOT **strive** "to provide code that can be freely used, copied, > modified..". There is no striving being done here, except for the complete > opposite, as Theo himself so plainly put it, they actually **strive** to > provide the > firmware blobs which cannot be modified in any way. > > The fact is that OpenBSD has a MISLEADING policy. > >> Nothing is going to change. Go try tugging on emotions elsewhere. > > Actually, Theo I'm quite sure you need to change *something*: > > http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/02776.html > > But hey.. who gives a shit right?!
