Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware

[Jacob Hrbek]

> I don't think the FSf has the skills or the staff resources to praise 
hardware with free designs.  But I am not in charge of that now, so I 
have no more to say about it. -- RMS

From my experience i don't feel like this process requires 
qualification and resources that FSF doesn't have as i think that the 
process should be:

Does it provide gerber (file that contains the PCB design and is used 
for manufacturing), schematics (file providing wiring of the components) 
and models for the chasis (e.g. STL files to fabricate the chasis on 
e.g. 3D printer) under GPLv3-complying license?
- Yes -> Certify it as Free Hardware Design
- No -> Don't certify it

Alternatively worst case scenario that takes the least amount of 
resources that i can think of would be to rename "Respects your Freedom" 
to "Respects Software Freedom" so that it's not taken as FSF endorsing 
proprietary hardware development.

I also think that h-node is a good website that provides 
community-maintained rating for various hardware, so just adding either 
a new rating (currently the A-Platinum is highest and used for non-free 
hardware designs) or new database value for hardware freedom would be 
optimal in my opinion.

> I will look at what the RepRap developers said, and what those other 
groups said.  (They never told me, damn it!)  I suspect they are looking 
for something that copyright simply cannot do. -- RMS

Thanks for looking into it I appreciate it.

On 1/22/22 05:41, Richard Stallman wrote:
> I don't think the FSf has the skills or the staff resources to praise
> hardware with free designs.  But I am not in charge of that now,
> so I have no more to say about it.

--
Jacob Hrbek

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