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A few questions/comments about freedom issues #9

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mda0 opened this issue May 31, 2017 · 0 comments
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A few questions/comments about freedom issues #9

mda0 opened this issue May 31, 2017 · 0 comments

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mda0 commented May 31, 2017

Thank you lgeek for all the great work you are doing with okreader. I think the community really needs a free OS for eink devices. I have a few questions/comments about freedom issues.

  1. I've read somewhere someone suggesting that the blob for the display is actually not code, but just data (a voltage waveform to get pixels to appropriate graylevels). If that were the case, that might not represent a freedom issue, wouldn't it? I would be happy to hear your opinion on this.

  2. Is the proprietary wifi firmware limited to the separate package "firmware-okreader_1.0-2_armhf.deb", with everything else free software? I'm asking this as the presence of a proprietary blob in the OS is usually considered an anti-feature from the point of view of freedom.

  3. It would be great (and attractive for new users and developers) to see okreader among the fully free OSes certified by the FSF, in particular because it could be the first for an eink device. Do you see any obstacle to this (except for the aforementioned points)?

  4. It would be even better if an ebook running okreader were the first eink device to achieve the Respect Your Freedom certification from FSF. Do you see any obstacle to this in principle, like any proprietary blob not shipped with okreader but needed to run the device?

Any clarification would be really appreciated. Thank you again for your great work!

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