[Solar-general] Fwd: New article by Richard Stallman, "Why We Need Free Digital Hardware Designs"

[Matías Croce]

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Subject: 	New article by Richard Stallman, "Why We Need Free Digital 
Hardware Designs"
Date: 	Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:11:39 -0400
From: 	Free Software Foundation <info en fsf.org>
Reply-To: 	Free Software Foundation <info en fsf.org>
To: 	Matías <mati en nelumboweb.com.ar>



### New article by RMS, "Why We Need Free Digital Hardware Designs"

"To what extent do the ideas of free software extend to hardware?
Is it a moral obligation to make our hardware designs free, just
as it is to make our software free? Does maintaining our freedom
require rejecting hardware made from nonfree designs?"

Richard Stallman's latest article ["Why We Need Free Digital
Hardware
Designs"](http://www.wired.com/2015/03/need-free-digital-hardware-designs/),
published yesterday in Wired magazine, addresses these questions. His
clear and nuanced answers, which take into account both the world
of today and the future we are building, show us how to ensure
our freedom in both.

Stallman will give the opening keynote, discussing free software,
free hardware, and other things at
[LibrePlanet](http://libreplanet.org/2015/), the annual free
software conference produced by the Free Software
Foundation (FSF) with MIT's Student Information Processing
Board (SIPB). The conference will take place in Cambridge, MA,
March 21-22 at MIT's Stata Center. LibrePlanet is an annual
conference for people who care about their digital freedoms,
bringing together software developers, policy experts, activists,
and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments, and
face challenges facing the free software movement. LibrePlanet
2015 will feature programming for all ages and experience
levels. [Online
registration](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=20)
for LibrePlanet 2015 is now open; attendees may also register in
person at the event. LibrePlanet is always gratis for [associate
members](https://my.fsf.org/associate/support_freedom/join_fsf)
of the FSF and students with a school ID.