Praseed,
Why don't you reply? Please state the reason behind that, we all
are eager to hear.
On 10/14/10, Praseed Pai <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the near future , FSF will become like Microsoft , Apple and Oracle. That
> is the death
> of the FSF in it's current form !
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 10/14/10, Thomas Vazhappilly <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> From: Thomas Vazhappilly <[email protected]>
> Subject: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Hardware endorsement program by FSF
> To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software"
> <[email protected]>
> Date: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 1:25 AM
>
>
> Hardware we all want: FSF announces criteria for hardware endorsement
> program "Respects Your Freedom"
>
> http://www.fsf.org/news/endorsement-criteria
>
> BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, October 14, 2010 -- The Free
> Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that it has published an initial
> set of criteria for endorsing computers and other devices. The FSF seeks
> both to obtain feedback on the criteria, and raise interest in the program
> among hardware manufacturers. Ultimately, the FSF plans to promote an
> endorsement mark to be carried on products that meet the criteria:
> respects your freedom.
>
> http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Hardware/Endorsement_criteria
>
> "The desire to own a computer or device and have full control over it, to
> know that you are not being spied on or tracked, to run any software you
> wish without asking permission, and to share with friends without worrying
> about Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) -- these are the desires of
> millions of people who care about the future of technology and our
> society. Unfortunately, hardware manufacturers have until now relied on
> close cooperation with proprietary software companies that demanded
> control over their users. As citizens and their customers, we need to
> promote our desires for a new class of hardware -- hardware that anyone
> can support because it respects your freedom," said Peter Brown, executive
> director of the FSF.
>
> The FSF's criteria seek to cover all aspects of user interaction with and
> control of a device: they say the hardware must run free software on every
> layer that is user upgradeable, allow the user to modify that software,
> support free data formats, be fully usable with free tools, and more.
>
> FSF license compliance engineer Brett Smith said, "Every software
> component needed to produce endorsable hardware is now available. We have
> several GNU/Linux distributions that only include free software, and are
> completely functional on the right hardware. We have the LinuxLibre kernel
> that does not include nonfree microcode. And we have cutting edge mobile
> platforms like Android and MeeGo that are based on free software. In the
> past we've spoken to manufacturers who were interested in making free
> software-friendly hardware, but they worried about connecting with
> customers. With our endorsement mark and the strong criteria that back it,
> we plan to bridge that gap and demonstrate to manufacturers that they
> stand to gain plenty by making hardware that respects people's freedom
> instead of curtailing it."
>
> The initial set of guidelines are available on the LibrePlanet wiki, at
> http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Hardware/Endorsement_criteria. The FSF
> welcomes contributions on the wiki discussion page, including suggestions
> for improvements to the criteria, and ideas and art submissions for an
> endorsement mark.
>
> Hardware manufacturers interested in endorsement should contact
> [email protected].
>
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> ____________________________________________
> THOMAS M. VAZHAPPILLY
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> - മഹാകവി കുമാരനാശാന്
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