Re: [GNU-linux-libre] review PureOS ISO

[Ivan Zaigralin]

On Thursday, November 10, 2016 08:51:14 Riley Baird wrote:
> Should Trisquel be able to create a list of computers with compatible
> hardware?

This is a good question, and may be someone here can provide an answer? To be 
sure, I am a bit confused about Trisquel's endorsement of, say, ThinkPenguin, 
which to my best knowledge does not supply any systems with free BIOS. 
Trisquel's page makes a clear distinction between free BIOS systems and 
others:

https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/complete-systems

Still, I was under an impression that FSDG distributions should not recommend 
any nonfree software. If that is not the case and recommending a system with 
nonfree BIOS is OK (as long as it runs a free OS), then I think there 
shouldn't be any problem with Purism laptops either, no? I understand they do 
not require any nonfree software to be fully functional?

My understanding of FSDG was that third parties would have to make lists of 
"freedom-friendly" computers. These parties would fail FSDG guidelines, but 
they would not be distributions, nor would they be endorsed by free 
distributions. It looks like either I was wrong, or Trisquel is doing 
something naughty.

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