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   Michael Altfield 🛡️ (michaelaltfield@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:19:11 JST Michael Altfield 🛡️

   H.E.R.F (Hardware Exclusionary Radical FOSSie)

   (n.) A FOSS advocate that discriminates against open-hardware projects (because they sell physical things)

   #hardware #opensource #foss #OpenHardware

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     Caleb KE0VVT 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🌱 (kolev@babka.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:19:11 JST Caleb KE0VVT 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🌱

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     @MichaelAltfield You mean, people who say "that open hardware project isn't 100%, I'm not supporting it" type?

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     Caleb KE0VVT 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🌱 (kolev@babka.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:48:14 JST Caleb KE0VVT 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🌱

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     @MichaelAltfield I like it when an appliance I can just buy runs free software. I'm too lazy to set up Raspberry Pis or whatnot.

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     Michael Altfield 🛡️ (michaelaltfield@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 06:48:15 JST Michael Altfield 🛡️

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     • Caleb KE0VVT 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🌱

     @kolev specifically I've been banned from some online FOSS communities for posting (on-topic) project updates from open-hardware projects

     In these spaces, it's okay for a FOSS project to post an update and ask for donations.

     But if you ask for donations *and* link folks to a store where they can buy your open-hardware devices, it's spam.

     ...because open-hardware projects are expected to give away atoms for free?