[Arm-netbook] EOMA68 In A Intel Card World?

[Allan Mwenda]

A proper clone to me would 
1. Be up to standard hardware wise
2. Run the same software as the Libre Tea/Numero Uno variants (or a perhaps a Chinese distro like Deep in) but hopefully not some pirated windows IoT 

For 1. I think just having a proper documentation out there in Chinese that is relatively short that's basically "quick guide to eoma68 compliance for OEMs" would save a lot of headaches with exploding eoma68 cards
For 2. I think it should be clear from you these things run gnu/linux in the documentation.  
Just a few thoughts on the matter. 

On January 10, 2017 1:22:45 PM GMT+03:00, Alain Williams <addw at phcomp.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:47:27PM +0300, Allan Mwenda wrote:
>>    Its not really a problem, since the funds are basically from
>strong
>>    arming manufacturers with "royalties" and EOMA68 so far has been
>an
>>    ethical project. Indeed a logo is a brilliant idea, and use of it
>only
>
>>    Indeed a logo is a brilliant idea, and use of it only
>>    by certified products would be excellent.
>
>OK: anyone know of an artist type who could come up with a few ideas ?
>
>>    I think also you should be
>>    prepared for Chinese clones, they'll definitely happen, the
>question is
>>    whether you'll make it easy for them to be proper ones.
>
>Hmmm: I suspect that we are thinking about Chinese clones (Cc) from
>just one point of view.
>
>Ours (well, mine at least) is: do they conform to the various licences
>and provide
>source as required under the GPL, etc ?
>
>There are much more important considerations: do the Cc conform to the
>electrical/... specs ? If they do not then there might be a risk to
>human life.
>Consider one that draws too much power or over heats and thus causes a
>fire. We
>have all seen footage of exploding 'phone chargers. Less dramatic
>problems could
>damage consumer equipment.
>
>If the Ccs decide that they like EOMA68 and flood the market with sub
>standard
>kit then the good name of EOMA68 could become tarnished. Once Joe
>Public
>perception becomes ''EOMA68 == crap/dangerous'' then it becomes dead or
>niche.
>
>Thus: certification is good and a logo/trademark would help the various
>consumer
>protection bodies around the world to help protect the public -- and
>so,
>vicariously, us.
>
>We want to make it easy/cheap for the good guys while making it clear
>who the
>bad Ccs are.
>
>
>
>I am reminded of the firefox/iceweasle spat:
>
>https://lwn.net/Articles/676799/
>
>https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/policy/
>
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