[Arm-netbook] libre hardware

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 1:31 AM, Muhammed Adel Afzal <adel at ncf.ca> wrote:
> Hi Luke
>
> Trisquel forum member tct claimed that EOMA68 is not libre hardware because the schematics (?) are not available.

 which is total bollocks.  he should have f*****g well asked instead
of accusing.

> I read your Crowd Supply page a while ago and recall (and another forum member pointed out too) that you plan to release these schematics later.

 schematics are *already* available and have been available for years,
as anyone who *bothered to check* - as tct clearly did not - that
people here on this list have been doing reviews on a regular basis
for years, one of which was done ONLY LAST WEEK.  it's right here:

  http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/2016-August/011644.html

 does that look like a link to PDF schematics?  why it most certainly
does, doesn't it!


> Do you have anything to add or specify or reiterate on this?

 other than being really annoyed that people make accusations instead
of bothering to ask.... no i don't.


> Although eoma68 PCB is not libre now ... it will be some time between now and when it ships, right?

 it says on the page, very clearly, that i would like to see the
$20,000+ financial investment recouped and the project not be
disrupted by 3rd parties taking copies of the hardware and selling
them during the campaign.

> I don't mean to dull the mood now that the effort reached 99%.  I support your effort and have faith that it's a good faith effort.

 thanks.  you should know that someone who's been working on software
libre for 20 years and who has turned down lucrative non-free
contracts should be pretty much 100% behind the libre concept!!

>  Sorry if you already responded on the Trisquel forum and I missed it ... there were a lot of posts on this subject.

 i haven't even seen them yet.

l.