<html><head></head><body>Lol proprietary pixie dust. Give that man an internet hug. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On February 5, 2017 11:27:14 PM GMT+03:00, Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On Sunday 5. February 2017 20.25.42 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br /> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Christopher Havel <laserhawk64@gmail.com> <br /></blockquote>wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;"><br /> Basically, I'm saying, it might not be the whole journey to a truly<br /> open-source system -- but it's a step in the right direction and should<br /> be recognized and (to an extent) applauded as such. At least they're<br /> /trying/.<br /></blockquote> <br /> he's being supported (financially) by people who also don't quite<br /> fully understand the ethical consequences of their decisions and<br /> actions. and that's fine. collectively they're perfectly entitled to<br /> "explore that space".<br /></blockquote><br />I actually thought I'd ask about the software in the comments on their blog <br />post:<br /><br /><a href="https://olimex.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/teres-i-do-it-yourself-open-source">https://olimex.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/teres-i-do-it-yourself-open-source</a>-<br />hardware-and-software-hackers-friendly-laptop-is-complete/#comment-24787<br /><br />I'm guessing that Thomas, the guy responding, might be the guy from Free <br />Electrons, but maybe it isn't. Nevertheless, he seems knowledgeable about the <br />state of play with the A64. (Not that you'd get a particularly coherent <br />message by looking at the linux-sunxi wiki.)<br /><br />I guess that the sticking point is arguably the "software isn't our problem" <br />attitude, which allows people to claim that something is "open source" (or <br />"software hacker's [sic] friendly" in this case) and then retreat from <br />substantiating the claim. It will be interesting to see if Olimex supplies SD <br />cards with images on them and what kind of source code you can get. They <br />appear to provide such cards for their other products.<br /><br />Given the post-sales problems with various SoCs and boards, actually <br />delivering a top-to-bottom Free Software distribution should be the minimum <br />just to demonstrate any particular device's credentials in the "openness" <br />department. That's not just an ideological requirement but very much a <br />practical one: no-one wants to have to troubleshoot, say, an overheating <br />system because the software support involves proprietary pixie dust that may <br />or may not be available.<br /><br />Anyway, look after yourself out there, Luke!<br /><br />Paul<br /><br /><hr /><br />arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk<br /><a href="http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook">http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook</a><br />Send large attachments to arm-netbook@files.phcomp.co.uk</pre></blockquote></div><br>
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