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New Article: Firmware is broken Terminology
I feel like the writing is messy but I wanted to have it in article form for visibility and to have something to point people to.
I feel like the writing is messy but I wanted to have it in article form for visibility and to have something to point people to.
@lanodan Yes, the FSF endorses peripherals with proprietary hardware, since that hardware can be used with only free software without having to agree to any proprietary software license, or provide any proprietary software.
All hardware is unfortunately proprietary and so the FSF had to choose between endorsing *nothing*, or some hardware with no software freedom problems and some computers with the minimum possible (only temporarily as well).
The best way to be snarky is to start the Hardware Freedom Foundation, make 100% free hardware and then recommend that - you can be as snarky as you want then.
All hardware is unfortunately proprietary and so the FSF had to choose between endorsing *nothing*, or some hardware with no software freedom problems and some computers with the minimum possible (only temporarily as well).
The best way to be snarky is to start the Hardware Freedom Foundation, make 100% free hardware and then recommend that - you can be as snarky as you want then.
@Suiseiseki Core issue with the FSF mentality is that they put this all-or-nothing surface, but then when there's a compromise to be made, they're both not transparent about it and do not allow any other kind of compromise than whichever one they chose.
And it's not just RYF, but that one is particularly annoying.
Compare with F-Droid and probably any consumer union.
And it's not just RYF, but that one is particularly annoying.
Compare with F-Droid and probably any consumer union.
There still is true ROMs today but engraved with things like a CPU (or on the FSF endorsed peripherals…).