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On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Russell Hyer russell.hyer@gmail.com wrote:
Well, I don't think the issue right now is whether or how it compares with other chips (we have other chips already). Of course, if it's libre competition, that's also for the good. I guess Intel peeps could be redirected to https://puri.sm/
(You can check their website as they are also trying towards RYF certified, see:
ohhh jaezus not again. *sigh* well at least they're trying with this: https://puri.sm/posts/petition-for-intel-to-release-an-me-less-cpu-design/
what's pissing people off is that they're claiming *right now* to be "libre" when in fact they are absolutely flat-out *NOT*. you can't use the word "libre" - via the name "librem" and still require a proprietary piece of firmware that runs on an NSA spyware-friendly backdoor co-processor.
if they wanted people to trust them they should have put their foot down and said NO, we will NOT EVEN SELL a product that has a backdoor privacy-violating co-processor and attempt to label it "libre".
l.