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

[Richard Stallman]

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You said

  > > >  From my experience the word "hardware designs" usually refers to
  > > > schematics only,

I said

  > > Does it include schematics of chips as well as schematics of boards? -- 
RMS

You said

  > Usually depending on the chip e.g. Power Management Units (PMUs) are 
usually very simple circuits that don't have any firmware and they work by 
taking power and then converting it in power rails to power other components.

  > It's still important to have schematics for those as knowing how these work 
will avoid major failure (i've seen a cases where those caused a fire, because 
the developer didn't know how they work)

We were talking about what the term "design" normally means
in the context of hardware.

I think you have changed the topic and that what you said
is about what _should_ be published with free hardware.
It doesn't answer the question I asked.

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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
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