Re: Rethinking the design of xwidgets

[Richard Stallman]

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  > That leaves out device firmware, I suppose, but I would treat that as a 
  > separate (and an unfortunately ubiquitous) problem.

The need to load nonfree firmware is the reason that some of us don't
use that hardware.

It is also the reason why the FSF won't give the Respects Your Freedom
certification to that hardware.

Those facts are the reason why Emacs development must give high
priority to the machines which don't need that firmware.



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Dr Richard Stallman
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