Re: Development Speed

[Óscar Fuentes]

Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
>
>>> Raspberry Pis cannot run usably with 100% free firmware, while the old
>>> PCs RMS was referring to can.
>
>> Are you implying that it is possible to turn regular PCs from before IME
>> into systems with 100% free firmware?
>
> Yes.  In fact, some small businesses buy those PCs and install the free
> software and firmware onto them.

Installing GNU/Linux and a Free BIOS does not make a machine 100% Free.

>> There are multiple components on a typical system that use their own
>> firmware, many of them are not writable.
>
> If they are not writeable, they are not free or nonfree, for the same
> reason hardware is not free or nonfree.

Then if the BIOS/UEFI/IME were read-only the FSF would be fine with them
being proprietary? I don't think so.