Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:38:23 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: nsayer@kfu.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open Hardware Initiative (was Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT) Message-ID: <200012192338.eBJNcNQ14026@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:05:06 PST." <3A3FDB92.1D3CB177@sftw.com>
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> I think the time is right to reward companies that "get it". I propose
> that the way to do this is to create an "open hardware" trademark that
> can be used for marketing by companies that sell hardware for which they
> either provide sufficient documentation that a fully featured device
> driver can be written without reverse engineering, or for which they
> provide at least one open-source driver. The idea is to do for friendly
> hardware vendors what the "OSI certified" mark (www.opensource.org) does
> for open-source software.
You need to start by looking at www.open-hardware.org. Don't be put off
by the Linux-centric look; most of the relevant people involved are
pretty system-neutral. If you want a specific contact, start with Henry
Hall <hlh@mailhost.open-hardware.org>.
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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