Re: Not "open source" hardware, "free design" hardware

[Jacob Hrbek]

> I suspect that the term "open source hardware" is incoherent. If the 
board circuit is published under a free license, but the chip designes 
are not, is that hardware "open source"?  If so, the term is so weak 
that using it is not helpful. -- RMS

I do agree (you you implied that) that making the destinction about how 
the hardware is free e.g. Using the term "Free Hardware Designs" (or 
"Free-design hardware") for hardware which designs are free and it's 
components are not vs. using "Free Hardware" for hardware which designs, 
schematics, gerber files, firmware, microcode and used components are 
free/libre.

> I suggest the term "free-design hardware" to mean hardware made from 
free designs. -- RMS

I like the term, but i would argue about clarifying that Free is not 
Gratis as using "free" as i fear that the word "Free" is used too often 
in the hardware marketing for people who are not familiar with the 
subject to think of socialism instead of liberalism. -> 
"free/libre-design hardware" or "libre-design hardware" ?

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>    > I agree that this is a problem, but as presented FSF doesn't enable us
>    > to use other terms as it's too software-oriented so this is the best we
>    > can do even when the hardware is released under GPLv3.
>
> I don't believe that is true.
>
> I suspect that the term "open source hardware" is incoherent.
> If the board circuit is published under a free license, but the chip
> designes are not, is that hardware "open source"?  If so, the term
> is so weak that using it is not helpful.
>
> I suggest the term "free-design hardware"
> to mean hardware made from free designs.
>
>
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> Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
> Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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Jacob Hrbek

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