[Discuss] “Respects Your Freedom hardware product certification”

[Ashfaq Farooqui]

Thats awesome!

Here in India we work closely with them.
Software and hardware go hand in hand. :)

regards
Ashfaq

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Alicia Gibb <pip at nycresistor.com> wrote:
> 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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