Difference between revisions of "When should firmware be free"

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(Related articles and statements from FSF: * (LWN members only until 8 October 2011) [http://lwn.net/Articles/460654/ Papering over a binary blob], 28 Sep 2011, '''LWN.net''')
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* Make suggestions, if necessary, for how FSF's policy could be improved, clarified, or better explained
 
* Make suggestions, if necessary, for how FSF's policy could be improved, clarified, or better explained
  
==Related articles and statements from FSF==
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==Articles and statements by ''or about'' FSF==
  
 
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/19/android-free-software-stallman/print Is Android really free software?], 19 Sep 2011, '''Richard Stallman'''
 
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/19/android-free-software-stallman/print Is Android really free software?], 19 Sep 2011, '''Richard Stallman'''
 
* [https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/task2-openmoko Help fix the wireless firmware problem on the Openmoko GTA04], 26 Sep 2011, '''Matt Lee (FSF)'''
 
* [https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/task2-openmoko Help fix the wireless firmware problem on the Openmoko GTA04], 26 Sep 2011, '''Matt Lee (FSF)'''
 
* [http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/page/FirmwareInjector/ Development of a prototype for injecting immutable firmware into a WLAN chip], 19 Sep 2011, '''gta04 project'''
 
* [http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/page/FirmwareInjector/ Development of a prototype for injecting immutable firmware into a WLAN chip], 19 Sep 2011, '''gta04 project'''
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* (LWN members only until 8 October 2011) [http://lwn.net/Articles/460654/ Papering over a binary blob], 28 Sep 2011, '''LWN.net'''

Revision as of 09:00, 30 September 2011

This page not by FSF

Like most pages on LibrePlanet, this page is not written by FSF. It is a brainstorming page made by an interested outsider. The same is true for almost all pages on this wiki, but since this topic is getting some media attention and might be seen by people unfamiliar with LibrePlanet, I thought it was worth making this explicit.

Goals of this page

  • Analyse the problem
  • Discuss possible policies
  • Establish FSF's current policy
  • Make suggestions, if necessary, for how FSF's policy could be improved, clarified, or better explained

Articles and statements by or about FSF