Hi Folks, At last night's discussion group, I mentioned that I'd like to see us support the FSF's statement on Restricted Boot vs Secure Boot:
http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/secure-boot-vs-restricted-boot/statement If anyone has any thoughts, please let me know. Otherwise I'll email the FSF this weekend. There was some concern about the strong phrase "We commit that we will neither purchase nor recommend computers that strip users of this critical freedom", since it is foreseeable that someone could one day buy one of these devices either unknowingly or because there was no other alternative. I certainly understand these concerns in wanting to maintain your personal integrity. In both these scenarios though, you wouldn't have purchased a Restricted Boot device by your own free choice, so I don't think anyone would hold your original statement against you. Cheers, Ben _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
