[Arm-netbook] CC3000 Wi-Fi for MCU

[lkcl luke]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Philip Hands <phil at hands.com> wrote:

> The irony is that one can build the non-free system, with thoroughly
> toxic firmware being uploaded, tell the OS never to upgrade itself,
> encase it in epoxy, and then plug that in as a wifi bridge to an
> identical machine, that has no wifi chip fitted, and you've passed the
> test (by simply doubling the cost, power consumption, and volume), so
> the result is called free.

 i know!  it's mad!

> I struggle to agree with this position ... and fail to do so, but well
> done luke for trying.

 :)

> Might I suggest that you ignore the fact that RMS thinks that embedding
> toxic firmware in hardware is OK in this case, and go for leaving the
> customer an empty USB slot, so that they can throw their own freedom
> away as they see fit, of if you want it soldered on, only accept free
> firmware.

 that's the plan.  luckily there's a good form-factor for this: mini
PCI-e (USB version).

 that way everybody can play.  including *shudder* microsoft.

l.