@Suiseiseki I've heard international shipping is criminally expensive for some reason.

For me the most appealing part of a freedom device (source code included) would be the sheer security in knowing it wasn't setup with backdoors. (especially for a cell phone like device or tablet)

Secondarily to that, in a... non-internet paradigm, you could still build on and improve what you have. (of course, I think source code is a poor design document... it would be better than nothing.)


What I see in other fields, are people selling consulting time. Maybe you can't easily get the parts, but you don't have to, in order to make a profit (or for people to benefit from your knowledge).

Anyway, this is what a wondered while reading your posts xD Putting together a true freedom device is, a bit beyond me, so I am just running a linux distro I can handle. But I cringe every time I have to do a system update. What code is being install? I have no idea.