Launching the Libre Tech Shop
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Launching the Libre Tech Shop
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Re: Launching the Libre Tech Shop
#2Great project! I'd suggest adding a to the Mostly Harmless website to fix some mojibake that I ran into.
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#3Anyone has an exemple of a libre hardware business that did launch in Silicon Valley ? Seems that the two are opposites.
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#4Awesome work
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#5Anyone has an exemple of a libre hardware business that did launch in Silicon Valley ? Seems that the two are opposites.
Submitted title was "Launching a free (libre) hardware business outside Silicon Valley". We've changed it to what the article says, in keeping with the site guidelines.
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#6A marvelous initiative.
However, it feels like this would be a struggle to keep up personally. Have you considered being hub instead, where others can announce their products, get paid for them while ensuring that customers get the support they need too?
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#7Anyone has an exemple of a libre hardware business that did launch in Silicon Valley ? Seems that the two are opposites.
SiFive comes to mind, though if i recall they received a big check from intel early on.Also not sure if i would call them libre hardware, but they support the open RISC-V ISA and are "fairly libre" compared to intel/amd, not to mention customizable.
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#8great work guys!
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#9> Otherwise, direct bank transfers are a good and respectful option by default.
Have you ever dealt with fraud at any reasonable amount of scale? This is an absolutely _terrible_ idea.
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#10There's an FSF program along these lines: https://ryf.fsf.org/
Complying with their requirements could be a major headache (ask Purism), but if you're already satisfying all those, the certification and links might make business sense.