Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware

[Leah Rowe]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:31:11 -0800
Matt Ivie <m0dese7en@mykolab.com> wrote:
> Here is an interesting case where someone is fabricating processors
> themselves:
> 
> https://www.wired.com/story/22-year-old-builds-chips-parents-garage/

This changes everything. Thank you for linking this!

Richard, you should definitely look at this!

> 
> It's limited but improving with each iteration. Even then I don't
> know if he can scale this and did have to buy and repair old
> equipment that was at one time very expensive. 
> 
> How far should guidelines for hardware go? Can it go as far as saying
> it must be something you can build in a garage or can it be, designs
> available but must send to away for fabrication? There are varying
> degrees of freedom in one or the other.
> 
> Maybe we need a "Freedom in Hardware" foundation as a sister
> organization to the Free Software foundation.
> 

The main problem is deciding on a term that captures people's
attention. Right now, I would just call it "free hardware and software".

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