Re: [free-software-melb] Supporting Restricted Boot statement

2012-08-14 Thread Ben Sturmfels
On 20/07/12 13:14, Ben Sturmfels wrote: Hi Folks, At last night's discussion group, I mentioned that I'd like to see us support the FSF's statement on Restricted Boot vs Secure Boot: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement If anyone has any thoughts, please let

Re: [free-software-melb] Supporting Restricted Boot statement

2012-07-20 Thread Chris Samuel
On 20/07/12 13:14, Ben Sturmfels wrote: There was some concern about the strong phrase We commit that we will neither purchase nor recommend computers that strip users of this critical freedom, since it is foreseeable that someone could one day buy one of these devices either unknowingly or

Re: [free-software-melb] Supporting Restricted Boot statement

2012-07-20 Thread Chris Samuel
On 20/07/12 13:14, Ben Sturmfels wrote: At last night's discussion group, I mentioned that I'd like to see us support the FSF's statement on Restricted Boot vs Secure Boot: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement That petition code is broken at the moment.. :-(

[free-software-melb] Supporting Restricted Boot statement

2012-07-19 Thread Ben Sturmfels
Hi Folks, At last night's discussion group, I mentioned that I'd like to see us support the FSF's statement on Restricted Boot vs Secure Boot: http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. Otherwise I'll email the FSF this