Comment on Hardware for OpenWrtComments−click17012yFrankly I'm getting tired of these empty posts. Where is the source?Can we stop posting "news" like this unless it is actually significant, ie contains the thing that they claim is open?Its almost to the point where these posts should be flagged IMO.−dang12yI think you have a point. We took "open source" out of the title as misleading, since the project apparently isn't there yet.−cottonseed12yEven if they release the original design files, it won't be open source hardware. Requiring binary blobs clearly violates the Necessary Hardware Criterion. See the OSH Definition 1.0:http://www.oshwa.org/definition/−cottonseed12yErr, Necessary SOFTWARE Criterion.
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Frankly I'm getting tired of these empty posts. Where is the source?
Can we stop posting "news" like this unless it is actually significant, ie contains the thing that they claim is open?
Its almost to the point where these posts should be flagged IMO.
I think you have a point. We took "open source" out of the title as misleading, since the project apparently isn't there yet.
Even if they release the original design files, it won't be open source hardware. Requiring binary blobs clearly violates the Necessary Hardware Criterion. See the OSH Definition 1.0:
http://www.oshwa.org/definition/
Err, Necessary SOFTWARE Criterion.