[Open-graphics] Writer's block on OGD1 FSF publicity

[Lourens Veen]

On Tuesday 27 February 2007 14:56, Timothy Normand Miller wrote:
> Let's get a snowball rolling.  If everyone could respond with ONE
> sub-topic that they think should be covered in the publicity, then we
> can go and fill in details.
>
> For instance:
>
> Full published specifications so that Free Software Drivers are easy
> to write.
>
> Feel free to rip from the Linux Tag poster.  :)  And the wikipedia
> article and the wiki.

The FSF published this last week:
http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/how_hardware_vendors_can_help.html

Tying in with that would be a good idea I'd say. The problems with 
proprietary hardware are well-known. So we're making our own: fully 
documented so that free software drivers can be written and included in 
the standard Linux kernel. Vendors will then have the option of using 
hardware with open specs, so that their customers can use the product 
they bought in any way they like. Having a fully open video BIOS helps 
developers of open BIOSes.

Our position on DRM remains somewhat split I think, some people are fine 
with it as long as it's fully in hardware, others are with the FSF in 
saying that it's evil and should not be implemented at all.

I should really be working on something else right now, but I'll try and 
find some time to do a proper writeup soon, unless of course someone 
beats me to it.

Lourens
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