A proper clone to me would 1. Be up to standard hardware wise 2. Run the same software as the Libre Tea/Numero Uno variants (or a perhaps a Chinese distro like Deep in) but hopefully not some pirated windows IoT
For 1. I think just having a proper documentation out there in Chinese that is relatively short that's basically "quick guide to eoma68 compliance for OEMs" would save a lot of headaches with exploding eoma68 cards For 2. I think it should be clear from you these things run gnu/linux in the documentation. Just a few thoughts on the matter.
On January 10, 2017 1:22:45 PM GMT+03:00, Alain Williams addw@phcomp.co.uk wrote:
On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:47:27PM +0300, Allan Mwenda wrote:
Its not really a problem, since the funds are basically from
strong
arming manufacturers with "royalties" and EOMA68 so far has been
an
ethical project. Indeed a logo is a brilliant idea, and use of it
only
Indeed a logo is a brilliant idea, and use of it only by certified products would be excellent.
OK: anyone know of an artist type who could come up with a few ideas ?
I think also you should be prepared for Chinese clones, they'll definitely happen, the
question is
whether you'll make it easy for them to be proper ones.
Hmmm: I suspect that we are thinking about Chinese clones (Cc) from just one point of view.
Ours (well, mine at least) is: do they conform to the various licences and provide source as required under the GPL, etc ?
There are much more important considerations: do the Cc conform to the electrical/... specs ? If they do not then there might be a risk to human life. Consider one that draws too much power or over heats and thus causes a fire. We have all seen footage of exploding 'phone chargers. Less dramatic problems could damage consumer equipment.
If the Ccs decide that they like EOMA68 and flood the market with sub standard kit then the good name of EOMA68 could become tarnished. Once Joe Public perception becomes ''EOMA68 == crap/dangerous'' then it becomes dead or niche.
Thus: certification is good and a logo/trademark would help the various consumer protection bodies around the world to help protect the public -- and so, vicariously, us.
We want to make it easy/cheap for the good guys while making it clear who the bad Ccs are.
I am reminded of the firefox/iceweasle spat:
https://lwn.net/Articles/676799/
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/policy/
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