On 2021-04-03 23:37, Alberto Bursi wrote:
A few days ago, Louis Rossmann, a relatively famous person in the electronics
repair community has started a fundraiser to get the Right to Repair movement's
goals passed into law though a "direct ballot initiative" in the USA. It's a
way to create a law that is bypassing politicians and asking directly to the
citizens decide if they want it or not with their vote in a referendum.
This is at least partially relevant for OpenWrt and I think it's interesting
for many in our community.
Right to Repair involves outlawing software restrictions that lock down devices
to prevent independent repair or modification of the devices you have bought
(and own).
It also involves requiring that devices are designed to be serviced/repaired,
and making technical documentation/parts available.
While Louis is in the USA, such laws would have an effect in the rest of the
western world as well.
He has been lobbying for Right to Repair with US politicians for many years
without much success, while also owning and growing an electronic board repair
businness.
Most of what he did and does, and also the board repair he teaches, can be
found in is in his youtube channel,
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w
The video where he summarizes his story and more information about the
crowfunding and its goals are here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWIF3ZRpf0I
In case anyone wants to donate to the cause, the crowdfunding page is here.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-get-right-to-repair-passed
-Alberto
why did you put this mail in the thread for "zram-swap: clean up the makefile"?
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