[Discuss] “Respects Your Freedom hardware product certification”

[Alicia Gibb]

Thanks for posting this Phil! We were in touch with them during the first
Summit when they had a board member speak on the legal panel. I'll make
sure we reconnect.

Alicia

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 8:27 AM, David A. Mellis <dam at mellis.org> wrote:

> Interesting.
>
> PR criteria aside, this seems somewhat tangential to but aligned with
> open-source hardware practice. Its goal appears to be ensuring that
> you can modify the software that runs on your hardware rather than on
> allowing you to make your own version of the hardware itself. Still,
> I'm guessing a lot of OSHW projects could fit these criteria and
> via-versa.
>
> This also suggests that it's probably good for OSHWA to be in touch
> with the FSF (if they're not already). We seem to have many shared
> goals and beliefs.
>
> David
>
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 11:12 AM, phillip torrone <pt at adafruit.com> wrote:
> > http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom/
> > http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/criteria
> >
> > "the seller must talk about "free software" more prominently than "open
> source."
> >
> > cheers,
> > pt
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