Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GnuBee: Fully libre NAS?

[James McFarland]

Yes I noticed this as well.

In terms of offended, I am not in this case - and in some cases I am -
it depends (to me ; only my opinion) if I believe the message is an
attempt to use this list for promotion and personal gain.

What I do is to add a disclaimer to inform readers as to my personal
relationship with said product. 

For example: " I am not affiliated with company x and I do not have any
financial interest in product y" 

And I sometimes I add that I am only and interested potential
customer/user etc.

I learned this back in the days before the commercial internet.

In gratitude,
-james

-- 
  James McFarland
  james@jamesmcfarland.com

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017, at 09:21, Marcus Wilson wrote:
> I think this is great! Wonderful news that they are so close to being
> totally free. 
> 
> Were people offended ? 
> 
> Thanks for the info,
> 
> -Marcus
> 
> > On Mar 24, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Pen-Yuan Hsing <penyuanhsing@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Just heard back from them:
> > 
> > "We have already applied for the "Respects Your Freedom" certification.
> > There is a "binary blob" on the prototypes.
> > It is only for the ASM1061 PCI to SATA Bridge.
> > As is ... it still qualifies for "Respects Your Freedom"
> > Per FSF request we will be working to remove this to blob and the 
> > associated SPI-NOR Chips.
> > The Schematic (and the blob) is available on https://github.com/gnubee-git
> > 
> > Larry"
> > 
> > I hope it's OK I shared the message here? (really sorry if I offended 
> > anyone!) But I think it is good news that they are actively working with 
> > the FSF to get RYF certification! Let's see how we can help move this 
> > forward!
> > 
> >> On 24/03/17 10:40, Marcus Wilson wrote:
> >> I like this. I think I might give it a shot for home use, but I would
> >> investigate LEDE a little more if concerned about using 100% free
> >> software. Their FAQ says it's based on GPLv2 and other licenses. This
> >> and Debian are the two components I think where you might end up with
> >> incidental non-free software and not even be aware of it.  This project
> >> seems to care very much about being totally free though and I hope they
> >> reach their fund raising goal.
> >> 
> >> Thanks for sharing!
> >> Marcus
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Pen-Yuan Hsing <penyuanhsing@gmail.com
> >> <mailto:penyuanhsing@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>    Hi all,
> >> 
> >>    FYI I just noticed the GnuBee Personal Cloud 1 NAS that appears to
> >>    be fully free (as in freedom):
> >> 
> >>    https://www.crowdsupply.com/gnubee/personal-cloud-1
> >> 
> >>    Can anyone here tell if it really is 100% freedom-respecting? I've
> >>    been waiting for years for a libre NAS and would love to get one if
> >>    it is fully libre! If it is I think we should all help spread the word!
> 
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