Fedora not "free" enough for GNU?

Benny Amorsen benny+usenet at amorsen.dk
Sun Sep 7 10:00:02 UTC 2008


"Gregory Maxwell" <gmaxwell at gmail.com> writes:

> It also wasn't so obviously important, but since firmware is
> increasingly able to spy on users or limit their actions, and since
> it's increasingly subject to upgrades by manufacturers which are
> against the user's interests, it becomes increasingly important that
> people have the ability to understand and modify their
> field-replaceable firmware.

Stallman's quest started with a Xerox laser printer...

http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html


/Benny




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