Which phone should I buy for running Replicant?

Carlos Pizarro kr105 at kr105.com
Sun Oct 6 20:45:53 UTC 2013


What about this ?

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTMyNTY

On Sunday, October 6, 2013, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:

>
> Am 06.10.2013 um 22:05 schrieb Paul Kocialkowski:
>
> > Le mercredi 25 septembre 2013 à 16:24 +0300, Dmitriy Nikandrov a écrit :
> >> Not only phones,
> >> but also laptops, desktops, routers, etc... Even Raspberry Pi in it's
> >> heart is closed source.
> >>
> >> The problem is that there is no OPEN HARDWARE chips (with open
> firmware):
> >> for Wi-Fi
> >> for GSM (even can't be because of patents on core specifications)
> >> for LTE
> >> for GPS
> >
> > A short note about terminology: as RMS highlighted, what we are talking
> > about here is freedom, so I don't see how expressions like "open
> > hardware", "closed source" or "open firmware" are relevant here. It
> > would make more sense and covey a freedom-related message to use
> > expressions such as free software, non-free or proprietary software,
> > free firmwares, etc. For a more detailed view on this topic, please
> > reefer to:
> > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
> >
> > As for hardware, we'll have to come up with a new expression to put the
> > emphasis on freedom too, maybe "free hardware".
>
> Yes,
> and before we get into the same discussion here as the last days on the
> openmoko
> mailing list, please look at these definitions:
>
> http://www.opencollector.org/Whyfree/definitions.html
> http://www.opencollector.org/Whyfree
>
> -- hns
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Atte,
*Carlos Pizarro León*
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