Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Perfectionism

[Ivan Zaigralin]

Your summary of this thread could hardly be less correct. We already 
identified at least one problem with the OS itself: the presence of the stock 
firefox. No one is upset at Purism for putting PureOS on their hardware, but 
we suggested a clear separation between the two fronts. As John Sullivan 
explained, FSF cannot endorse the hardware project on the account of nonfree 
BIOS, so they cannot endorse PureOS as long as the two projects are fused 
within the web space the way they are. In particular,  the laptop store can 
continue doing all the same things, like advertizing PureOS and shipping it 
preinstalled. The inverse endorsement (PureOS -> Librem) may also be possible, 
in a way similar to how Trisquel endorses ThinkPenguin hardware.

On Friday, November 11, 2016 00:14:25 Riley Baird wrote:
> The key thing which I am understanding from following this thread is
> that Purism wants to get PureOS FSDG-certified. Nobody can see any
> problem with the OS, but they're upset that Purism is putting the OS
> onto hardware that has a non-free BIOS.
> 
> From a business perspective, selling only hardware with a free BIOS is
> not practical. At all. So effectively, you're asking Purism to either
> adopt a business model that won't work as a condition of certification.

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