Re: Plans for ahead

[Svetlana A. Tkachenko]

> 1.  Build an authentic NeXTStep feeling GNUStep OS.  However - we don't
> want it to simulate things that were restrictive i.e authentic in ways
> that
> mean simulating things you "couldn't do" in NeXTStep/OpenStep.  Blend in
> with Raspbian is a winning idea I think, happy to hear other suggestions
> though.

In my view we should not do anything regarding Raspbian, because it
includes non-free components. To quote
https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/single-board-computers :

> The Raspberry Pi requires nonfree software to start up. It can't reach the 
> point of executing free software unless this nonfree program is part of the 
> installed system software.
> 
> The startup program is, in fact, the same program that runs the GPU and the 
> video decoding hardware. Thus, the GPU and the video decoding hardware are 
> unusable in the free world, but these jobs can be done with free software on 
> the CPU.
> 
> That program appears to implement intentional restrictions, such as blocking 
> the video decoding hardware for MPEG-2 and VC-1 in the absence of a key that 
> is specific to the machine in hand. This nonfree startup program affects both 
> models of the Raspberry Pi.

Hope it helps.

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Svetlana A. Tkachenko
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