I would like to suggest a campaign to produce free software based consumer
products such as digital audio players (e.g. supported by Rockbox), cameras
and laptops (e.g. supported by coreboot).
The FSF has a campaign for a free BIOS, but without a long list of people who
wish to purchase a computer with a free BIOS I cannot see any of the OEMs
producing such a computer.
What is needed is getting at least 100 thousand signatures of people who
require that their next laptop will support a free BIOS or requiring that
their next digital audio player or camera will only use free software that
can be replaced without voiding the warranty.
I believe that the recent news regarding Windows 8 requiring signed
bootloaders is a good opportunity for the free software community to obtain a
large number of signatures to promote this cause.
It should be noted that there is a company that produces professional cameras
running free software called Eiphel, but their cameras are too expensive for
consumers who are not professionals and are looking for cheap cameras.
