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What I think is total garbage is the fact that I have a drawer full of potentially useful computers (EDIT: by computers I mean mostly phones, routers, e-readers
by bkallus 5y ago
What I think is total garbage is the fact that I have a drawer full of potentially useful computers (EDIT: by computers I mean mostly phones, routers, e-readers, etc) stuck running insecure OSes. Can you give me an argument for why installation should not be required? It seems pretty clear to me that if release of "the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable" is required by the GPLv2, then those scripts should have to be functional.
- whoknowswhat11 5y agoThey are functional on hardware you build. The source code is released. No one disagrees there. Buy unlocked hardware if you care about this. Most PC's can disable secure boot paths through BIOS settings unless you are in a corp environment and they lock that out.
- bkallus 5y agoIt isn't always possible to build my own hardware, especially in the embedded world. I buy unlocked hardware now, but I learned that lesson the hard way from Verizon and Samsung.
- djur 5y agoLocked hardware is itself objectionable, anti-consumer and anti-freedom. "Free software works in a narrowing ecosystem of semi-free hardware" is not an acceptable position for advocates of free software.
- 20after4 5y agoWe are quickly headed to a future where it won't be possible to buy unlocked hardware. It may not be long before (very nearly) 100% of the hardware on the consumer market is locked and it will only be able to acquire unlocked hardware through NDA agreement, huge costs or by "illegally" unlocking it via an exploit.