Re: [Trisquel-users] Is this Librem13 fully free this time?

[chris]

I think your missing something big. It's less relevant what the architecture  
is. What is important is that we can build off it, it be free, modern, and we  
end up with a design that can be cost effective and cheaply adaptable if  
something better comes out (ie not ARM, but something else). However I think  
people are underestimating the power of ARM anyway. While any initial design  
would likely be considerably less powerful than what we expect today it's  
where the tech is going that matters. ARM is catching up as the majority of  
computing devices use it over Intel or AMD CPUs. Most devices manufactured  
today are not X86. They're cell phones, tablets, and similar devices that are  
built off ARM.

I think patents are not the issue. If you try to build off 20 year old  
expired tech we're talking about pentium era technology. We've already got  
more freedom-friendly tech we can build off without going that route.