Re: We can't reject all nonfree hardware with today's technology.

[Jacob Hrbek]

Why is hardware that "can be plug in and run" important? Afaik we don't
expect everyone to compile all of the software from source themselves so
same as with linux distributions let the distributors handle the
logistics and delivery of such hardware while giving them the right to
distribute the hardware.

I find it insane to dismiss the whole hardware freedom just, because
some of the hardware can't be bought and work out of the box.. Note that
there are products such as the mentioned 3D printers that do not have
this problem and that some hardware such as relativty are designed to by
self-fabricable without distributors to make the design flexible

On 1/30/22 05:16, Richard Stallman wrote:
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>
>    >  We can't identify a physical
>    > object wi
th the designs of its parts. -- RMS
>    > I disagree, majority if not all hardware has some form of indexing and
>    > identification. For example this 3DSimo pcb has silkscreen that identifies:
>
> Your response may be true, but it doesn't respond to the point I made.
> I can't plug in a design and run it.  I could only do that with a
> physical instance of the design.
>
> In today's world, for people that are not hardware hackers, plans are
> not a practical substitute for a physical computer, a LED bulb, a
> clock, a chair, or any other useful physical object.
>
> --
> Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
> 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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