> We need a completely open source board design similar to the Pi that manufacturers are free to produce without licensing. Unless I'm mistaken, the Beaglebone

> We need a completely open source board design similar to the Pi that manufacturers are free to produce without licensing. Unless I'm mistaken, the Beaglebone Black uses chips that are available for purchase from TI (and from which I think you can get datasheets, even as an individual), boots the mainline kernel, and provides CAD files for the board: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Hardware_Files http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Hardware_Files