Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-31 Thread John Luke Gibson
On 5/31/17, ronwirr...@safe-mail.net wrote: > You have a tendency to magnify the impact of one persons actions. > Do you actually believe, that me writing manufacturers and making > demands, right or wrong demands, has any impact on the situation > of libre software? Do you think acer in any way t

Re: [Arm-netbook] Standards Organization as a Potentially Universal Free/Libre Software Developement Sustenance Model

2017-05-31 Thread John Luke Gibson
On 5/31/17, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > huh. hmmm, if it's ok with you i might run that by dr stallman, see > what he thinks. That'd be awesome; be awesomer if you mentioned me ('d love to win zeh brownie points xS) ___ arm-netbook mailing l

Re: [Arm-netbook] modifying a 7 inch notebook cabinet to accept apccard

2017-05-31 Thread Christopher Havel
Respectfully, if you can't understand the protocol, you're out of your depth and need to tackle something simpler and build up to this. Take the scenic route, it will reward you better. Trust me -- I speak from experience on this -- you'll wind up with a half-completed project that doesn't work and

Re: [Arm-netbook] modifying a 7 inch notebook cabinet to accept apccard

2017-05-31 Thread ronwirring
Original Message From: Christopher Havel Apparently from: arm-netbook-boun...@lists.phcomp.co.uk To: Eco-Conscious Computing Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] modifying a 7 inch notebook cabinet to accept apccard Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 12:34:18 -0400 > You use the Arduino IDE to progr

Re: [Arm-netbook] usb keyboard, width about 15cm?

2017-05-31 Thread ronwirring
Original Message From: Nick Bannon Apparently from: arm-netbook-boun...@lists.phcomp.co.uk To: arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] usb keyboard, width about 15cm? Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 12:21:34 +0800 > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 04:48:03PM -0400, ronwirr...@s

Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-31 Thread ronwirring
Original Message From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Apparently from: arm-netbook-boun...@lists.phcomp.co.uk To: Eco-Conscious Computing Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed? Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 06:01:54 +0100 > --- > crowd-funded eco-consciou

Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-31 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Christopher Havel wrote: > Sounds to me like you're taking a stick to a hornets' nest here. Not a good > candidate for favorite outdoor sport, if you ask me. i worked out a long time ago that these companies are not going to break from proprietary practices with

Re: [Arm-netbook] Standards Organization as a Potentially Universal Free/Libre Software Developement Sustenance Model

2017-05-31 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
huh. hmmm, if it's ok with you i might run that by dr stallman, see what he thinks. --- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68 On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 6:05 PM, John Luke Gibson wrote: > On 5/31/17, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: >> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at

Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-31 Thread Christopher Havel
Dude, with all due respect, Luke knows what he's talking about. He's been in this world for a good long while. If he says "pump your brakes" on this stuff, like he's basically doing... I'd be pumping my brakes right about now. Sounds to me like you're taking a stick to a hornets' nest here. Not a

Re: [Arm-netbook] Standards Organization as a Potentially Universal Free/Libre Software Developement Sustenance Model

2017-05-31 Thread John Luke Gibson
On 5/31/17, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:19 PM, John Luke Gibson > wrote: > >> Then, it truly truly dawned on me, free software needs standards >> organizations as well. > > or something like that.. yeah. It would a great opportunity for projects like blender

Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-31 Thread ronwirring
Original Message From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Apparently from: arm-netbook-boun...@lists.phcomp.co.uk To: Eco-Conscious Computing Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed? Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 06:15:57 +0100 > ron: what you're about to attem

Re: [Arm-netbook] Standards Organization as a Potentially Universal Free/Libre Software Developement Sustenance Model

2017-05-31 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:19 PM, John Luke Gibson wrote: > Then, it truly truly dawned on me, free software needs standards > organizations as well. or something like that.. yeah. ___ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lis

Re: [Arm-netbook] firefly 3399 all source software disclosed?

2017-05-31 Thread John Luke Gibson
If I may put in my two cents, I look at it from the perspective of two cultures. We aren't a country and don't have our own language, so it's a bit of a strange analogy to take literally but I mean it literally. I see this as the same with being Vegan, different culture, different ethics. The most

[Arm-netbook] Standards Organization as a Potentially Universal Free/Libre Software Developement Sustenance Model

2017-05-31 Thread John Luke Gibson
Neverminding the ridiculous length of that subject line.. I just thought an interesting thought. First, a little context, (I know how rms feels about blockchains) I was investigating slock.it and thinking to myself "why don't they just make a hardware standard like eoma instead of closing their d