[Fwd: Re: [PLUG] FSF "Respects Your Freedom" hardware endorsements.]

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 09:23:25AM -0800, Pete Lancashire wrote:
> May be of interest ...
> 
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> Subject: Re: [PLUG] FSF "Respects Your Freedom" hardware endorsements.
> Date:    Thu, December 10, 2009 7:29 pm
> To:      "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic"
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> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Scott Garman <sgarman-ElR9sAZ6dFtWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I just received news from the Free Software Foundation that they are
> > starting a hardware endorsement program to label devices that are fully
> > compatible with free software. Vendors who choose to participate in the
> > program will end up with a stamp on the packaging with the "Respects
> > Your Freedom" slogan.
> >
> > The first product to get this endorsement is reportedly a netbook - I'm
> > not sure of the manufacturer.
> 
> Maybe it's "The Loongson-2 MIPS Lemote Yeeloong Netbook", from Lemote
> Corp, Changshu, Jiangsu, China,
> 
> http://www.osnews.com/story/21530
> http://www.lemote.com/english/index.html
> http://www.lemote.com/english/about.html
> 
> Richard Stallman had highly praised Lemote Yeeloong as the first
> netbook/computer that ran totally
> free software, from the BIOS (PMON), to the OS (GNU/Linux),

I am very much looking forward to the Loongson-3 CPU.  That will be
something to play with.

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Len Sorensen
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