[Open-graphics] Having fruitful and respectful discussions on Slashdot? And where did Stallman say that?

[Philipp Klaus Krause]

J.B. Nicholson-Owens schrieb:

> 
> I'd like to read or see some sources on the Stallman claim here.  I'm
> aware of him discussing the illogic of a hardware copier -- physical
> objects are made anew rather than copied like data -- a prerequisite to
> directly map free software freedoms to hardware.  But I'm unaware of
> Stallman dismissing the importance of hardware we can fully understand
> and control.

"On free hardware", written in 1999, can be found in many places, one is
here:
http://features.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-06-22-005-05-NW-LF,

In early 2007 he wrote this to Timothy:
> We encourage the idea of free hardware designs, but we don't think
> it is ethically required that all hardware designs be free, because
> most users are not in a position to turn a hardware design into
> hardware.