Respects Your Freedom hardware product certification
The desire to own a computer or device and have full control over it, to know that you are not being spied on or tracked, to run any software you wish without asking permission, and to share with friends without worrying about Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) —these are the desires of millions of people who care about the future of technology and our society. Unfortunately, hardware manufacturers have until now relied on close cooperation with proprietary software companies that demanded control over their users. As citizens and their customers, we need to promote our desires for a new class of hardware — hardware that anyone can support because it respects your freedom.
Hardware we all want: FSF announces criteria for hardware endorsement program
Respects Your Freedom certified products
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The TPE-N150USB Wireless N USB Adapter was awarded the use of the FSF's Respects Your Freedom certification mark on April 30th, 2013. The source code reviewed as part of our certification process for this product includes the open-ath9k-htc-firmware and the Linux-libre 3.9 kernel. |
Purchase product: http://thinkpenguin.com/TPE-N150USB |
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The LulzBot AO-101 printer is the successor to the AO-100 3D printer, which was awarded Respects Your Freedom hardware certification in October 2012. For certification details, including certified source code, see www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/aleph-objects. |
Purchase product: www.lulzbot.com/products/ao-101-3d-printer. |
Apply for Respects Your Freedom certification
Companies interested in getting RYF certification for a given hardware product (digital devices, computers, components for computers, and computer-controlled devices) should review our general guidelines for certification. If you have any questions or believe you have a product eligible for certification, please contact licensing@fsf.org.
A company whose product is certified will be eligible to:
- display the Respects Your Freedom certification mark on the certified product's packaging, marketing, and other materials,
- use the FSF name and the Respects Your Freedom certification program name in press releases and advertising, including quotes from FSF executives,
- promotion through the FSF's own channels, either jointly with your own or separately.
Help us build and promote the RYF certification program
- Support this work by donating or joining as a member.
- Buy certified products and encourage others to do so.
- Subscribe to the Free Software Supporter to receive announcements about new certified products.
- Let us know about hardware products that might be a good candidate for RYF certification.
- Contact a company that distributes hardware that already works with free software operating systems, or that runs on free software, and let them know about the FSF's RYF certification program.