Re: FSF continuously harms Free Hardware

[Jean Louis]

* Thomas Lord <lord@basiscraft.com> [2022-01-25 22:53]:
> A few thoughts on Leah's definition of "free hardware":
> 
> + The gist is clear
> 
>   "Essentially, "free hardware" means that you can make
>    the hardware yourself."

For me it is not clear. Hardware is not usually "licensed", we cannot
find common copyrights for hardware. Telling "free hardware" reminds
me only of promotional campaigns in computer shops or projects with
free laptops for children. It does not bring the word "free" clearly
in the context of freedom, it rather reminds of pricings and
charges. This may change over the time and it depends of public
relations, propaganda and marketing.

My advise is to choose words wisely, as that will influence all of the
future of free hardware as you mean it.

This article pinpoints the problem:

Free Hardware and Free Hardware Designs - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.en.html

Jean

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