[Freedombox-discuss] This white space spectrum chip might be uninteresting

[Paul Gardner-Stephen]

Hi Jonas,

Thanks for the heads up on the path to integration.  We will look into
this when we get things moved further along.

Paul.

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> Quoting Paul Gardner-Stephen (2013-02-15 02:59:38)
>> We are using the RFD900 radios that run open-source firmware, and our
>> GPL Serval Mesh software on top of that to give us a fully open stack,
>> complete with our baked in crypto layer that the Serval Mesh is based
>> on, and could be integrated into the FB stack if desired at some
>> point.
>
> It sure is both interesting and - to some extend - relevant for
> FreedomBox IMO.
>
> But instead of thinking "integrated into the FB stack" it helps
> tremendously to instead think "integrated into Debian" - both because
> that process is a fairly thoroughly documented and proven process, and
> because really that is the only way to get anything part of FreedomBox.
>
> On this list you find people excited to enable Debian in a form that we
> call FreedomBox, but we are very few doing actual coding and packaging -
> really Debian is where 99% of FreedomBox development really takes place
> (or arguably only 4% Debian and 95% upstream code projects!).
>
> When you have something for distributions to consume, the way to get the
> ball rolling towards Freedombox is to a) [file an RFP bugreport] and b)
> add your project and its bugreport to our list of potential [future
> services] of Freedombox.
>
> For anyone reading this and wanting to help in general: That [future
> services] list currently lacks completely any references to RFP or ITP
> bugreports. Please help update the list either from [existing reports]
> or by filing new RFP bugs for things not reported already.
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>  - Jonas
>
>
> [file an RFP bugreport]: http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/#l1
>
> [future services] https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/LeavingTheCloud
>
> [existing reports] http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/prospective
>
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