Crowdfunding an Ubuntu smartphone (right now)

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 05.10.2013 um 12:12 schrieb Bob Ham:

> On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 07:50 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> 
>> Neither the Openmoko, OpenPandora, Ubuntu Edge, GTA04 are
>> "open hardware" - and never were intended to be.
> 
> That isn't what your OpenPhoenux page says:
> 
>  "Open Hardware Devices.
> 
>  Letux 2804 / GTA04 Smartphone"
> 
> http://www.openphoenux.org/ 
> 
> 
> You're also contradicting your own previous statements:
> 
>  "I see the role of GDC [Golden Delicious Computers] to provide future
>  open hardware but remain software agnostic"
> 
> http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2012-May/066835.html

> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 09:11 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> 
>> I simply don't believe in the "Free Hardware" ideology.
> 
> This admission makes your announcement here seem deceitful:
> 
>  "we are happy that we can make an announcement to the Free and
>  Open Hardware Community, right in time for X-mas and New Year:  We
>  have finally tested, understood and patched the bugs of the
>  first GTA04 sample board"
> 
> http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/pipermail/discussion/2010-December/006585.html

Hm, I wonder what you want to prove?

Shaking heads only...

-- hns