[Replicant] Replicant Digest, Vol 191, Issue 1

[Josh Branning]

On 04/10/16 20:10, Allan Mwenda wrote:
> Personally I have little faith in Purism, they have systematically moved
> from promising freedom to promising "privacy and security". They had the
> correct ideals, at the start, but then realized a freedom respecting
> device is no trivial task, and completely backtracked. I don't expect
> much from a phone they make, it'll probably run a snapdragon.

I agree. They certainly have a bad track record for promising things 
they can't deliver on.

I guess the pieces just aren't there to make a libre x86 computer, but 
regardless, there are already better choices freedom wise than the Intel i7.

I'm not sure about mobile devices, how easy or possible it would be to 
make a libre phone? It seems Openmoko/Golden Delicious have been trying 
for some time and are still not quite there yet.

So I guess this answers my question to an extent.

Josh

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>         1. Apple iPhone 7 - possibility of a free baseband? (Josh Branning)
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>     Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 02:19:06 +0100
>     From: Josh Branning <lovell.joshyyy at gmail.com
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>     Subject: [Replicant] Apple iPhone 7 - possibility of a free baseband?
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>     Apple iPhone 7 was released and made use of an iCE5LP4K device. [1]
>     Project Icestorm, a free toolchain for FPGAs, which I think supports
>     that FPGA.[2]
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>     Also in the news, Purism say they want to make a completely libre phone.
>     Hopefully it won't turn out like their laptop. [3]
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>     [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE_(FPGA)#iCE40_.2840_nm.29
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICE_(FPGA)#iCE40_.2840_nm.29>
>     [2] http://www.clifford.at/icestorm/ <http://www.clifford.at/icestorm/>
>     [3]
>     http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/10/purism-wants-make-truly-open-source-linux-phone
>     <http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/10/purism-wants-make-truly-open-source-linux-phone>
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>     Josh
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