On 12/06/15 11:32, Ben Finney wrote:
The Librem 15 URL:https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-15 was designed by negotiating explicitly for software freedom in all components:
The Librem 15 is the first concrete step toward changing computer manufacturing in a fundamental way. We believe in users’ rights, and will continue to push upstream to free the lowest level component firmware.
Purism did not consider their choice of chipset very carefully because although they claim that their firmware is free-able, it still has the management engine blob requirement, which is a huge hurdle for freedom. I had suggested to them quite early not to use that one and suggested an alternative but Todd Weaver clearly was not interested enough in freedom to consider changing it. Instead, the content of the email I sent to them was plagiarised and posted on their website as an explanation of the management engine concerns. Ask the devs on #coreboot what they think about the Librem, I assure you it won't be a positive response. Damien