Re: purism why does fsf and libreplanet embrace a misleading company?
> I agree about liying or misleading. Without ethics nothing works. I am > talking in general not specific case. It is shameless how purism has deceived people. pEpkey.asc Description: application/pgp-keys ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
Re: purism why does fsf and libreplanet embrace a misleading company?
On 3/15/20 3:28 PM, Félicien Pillot wrote: > > We are not speaking about software here, are we? Yes, we are. The software which runs the cpu is also software. > > The computer is actually working with 100% free _software_, including > drivers and kernel, but it does contain nonfree _firmware_ (BIOS, Intel > signed microcodes, etc.) > And purism lied about the prospects of their products beeing able to run free cpu software. > pEpkey.asc Description: application/pgp-keys ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
Re: purism why does fsf and libreplanet embrace a misleading company?
I agree about liying or misleading. Without ethics nothing works. I am talking in general not specific case. El dom., 15 de mar. de 2020, 09:15, a via libreplanet-discuss <[1]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org> escribió: >>In my opinion moving in one step from all closed source to all open >>source freedom respecting is very hard or practically impossible. I am >>happy people are doing steps towards all open source and no hidden >>stuff. One valid step is modern hardware running open source Operating >>System out of the box. Another valid step is adding open source freedom >>respecting bios (i.e. libreboot) to that. Another valid step is ... Let >>us not forget the goal and keep doing steps. Small or big. All is >>welcome for the benefit of mankind. You are mixing things up. purism can make what products they want. What they cannot do is lie about the properties of their products. Do not tell people respect your freedom certification is an option, when it is not. And at every given opportunity, people should get to know, purism has a track record of lying. ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [2]libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org [3]https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discus s References 1. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 2. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org 3. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss ___ libreplanet-discuss mailing list libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
