Re: If Debian support OS certification?
On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 10:40:10PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 16:54 +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > On 05/02/2017 02:35 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > > > With my DSA hat on, we don't like being guinea pigs for development > > > boards and pre-release hardware. This kind of hardware tends to be > > > unreliable and require too much hand-holding. That said, we definitely > > > welcome hardware sponsorship and partners. > > > > Absolutely. However, you may know that commercial distros are making > > their certification program a non-free (as in: you must pay your beer) > > thing. I do believe it'd be a fair way to get free (as in free beer) > > hardware for the DSA team. It's up to us to define the terms. > > Free as in free kittens? I'm not interested in hardware as payment for certification. It's too open to abuse. Charge a fee for certification testing; use the funds to buy hardware. -- Luca Filipozzi http://www.crowdrise.com/SupportDebian
Re: If Debian support OS certification?
On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 16:54 +0200, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 05/02/2017 02:35 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > > With my DSA hat on, we don't like being guinea pigs for development > > boards and pre-release hardware. This kind of hardware tends to be > > unreliable and require too much hand-holding. That said, we definitely > > welcome hardware sponsorship and partners. > > Absolutely. However, you may know that commercial distros are making > their certification program a non-free (as in: you must pay your beer) > thing. I do believe it'd be a fair way to get free (as in free beer) > hardware for the DSA team. It's up to us to define the terms. Free as in free kittens? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The program is absolutely right; therefore, the computer must be wrong. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: If Debian support OS certification?
On 05/02/2017 02:35 AM, Paul Wise wrote: > With my DSA hat on, we don't like being guinea pigs for development > boards and pre-release hardware. This kind of hardware tends to be > unreliable and require too much hand-holding. That said, we definitely > welcome hardware sponsorship and partners. Absolutely. However, you may know that commercial distros are making their certification program a non-free (as in: you must pay your beer) thing. I do believe it'd be a fair way to get free (as in free beer) hardware for the DSA team. It's up to us to define the terms. Cheers, Thomas Goirand (zigo)
