Hardware we want:FSF announces criteria for hardware endorsement program "Respects Your Freedom"
Hardware we want:FSF announces criteria for hardware endorsement program "Respects Your Freedom"
Oct 14, 2010, 20 :33 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (440 reads)
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"Thursday, October 14, 2010 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that it has published an initial set of criteria for endorsing computers and other devices. The FSF seeks both to obtain feedback on the criteria, and raise interest in the program among hardware manufacturers. Ultimately, the FSF plans to promote an endorsement mark to be carried on products that meet the criteria: respects your freedom.
"?The desire to own a computer or device and have full control over it, to know that you are not being spied on or tracked, to run any software you wish without asking permission, and to share with friends without worrying about Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)?these are the desires of millions of people who care about the future of technology and our society. Unfortunately, hardware manufacturers have until now relied on close cooperation with proprietary software companies that demanded control over their users. As citizens and their customers, we need to promote our desires for a new class of hardware?hardware that anyone can support because it respects your freedom,? said Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF.
"The FSF's criteria seek to cover all aspects of user interaction with and control of a device:"
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