[f-cpu] Fun about the "Free Hardware Foundation"

[Yann Guidon <whygee@f-cpu.org>]

hi !

i found the following parodic text at
http://www.hackvan.com/pub/stig/funny/parody/free-hardware-foundation
I hope that you understand this 2nd degree humor :-)
It's a strange mixture of parody and irony :
parody because it mimics RMS's famous post
and irony because we participate to what was
previously thought to be a joke ....

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[There really is a semi-serious thread on this stuff over in c.o.l.d. -wgd]

From: hsu@Glue.umd.edu (Dave bd Hsu)
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Subject: Re: Free _HARDWARE_ Foundation
Date: 23 Mar 1995 16:19:01 -0500
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In article <3kni3q$gn@jaws.cs.hmc.edu>,
Ocie Mitchell <omitchel@Megaweapon.st.hmc.edu> wrote:

>>I (half jokingly) posted something about starting a free hardware foundation
>>(I.E. free access to schematics, no non-disclosure agreements etc.)  A
>>couple of people have taken me seriously, and now that I think about it, it
>>doesn't seem like such a far fetched idea after all.
>  
>

I imagine most of you weren't on the net when this originally went
out April Fool's Day 1986, so here's a blast from the past you might
appreciate about this very topic.

Enjoy!

-dave

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  Now available from Project Knu is our new FREE Vax-11/780 compatible
computer.
  The Free Hardware Foundation opposes the tyranny of hardware
manufacturers not allowing everyone to have one of their machines for
free.
  With volunteer labor, we have built a machine just like the
VAX-11/780, even down to its nameplate.  Just send us a note,
enclosing a self addressed, stamped shipping crate (extra large) and
we will send you our KNU machine.
  Send your request to:

  Free Hardware Foundation, Inc.
  1E+3 Weight Ave
  Camtunnel, MA 02138

  We will pack it and ship it the same day.

-RNS  "The Last of the True Packers"


-- Dave Hsu <hsu@glue.umd.edu> "The only way to deal with bureaucrats is 
with stealth and sudden violence." - UN Secretary-General Boutros 
Boutros-Ghali


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