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FSF aims for partnership with hardware manufacturers

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Submitted by tata on Thu, 2007-03-01 22:17.

FSF aims for partnership with hardware manufacturers

Boston, MA—March 1, 2007—The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today released a paper entitled, “The road to hardware free from restrictions”, detailing ways major hardware manufacturers with power in the market can work with the free software community to establish a “mutually beneficial relationship.”
The paper recommends manufacturers take action in five areas: supporting free software drivers, ending the “Microsoft Tax”, removing proprietary BIOS locks, supporting a free BIOS, and rejecting Digital Restrictions Management.

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