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Re:How is the free firmware for the Raspberry progressing? by Wingy on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @09:49AM (#31002702)
I understand this as it being profitable to make and sell accessories, but not to engineer the accessories. The engineering is done in the hope of being able to sell the accessory. If they can't sell the accessory, the engineering investment is purely loss.
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Re:How is the free firmware for the Raspberry progressing? by codedokode on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @11:42AM (#31004189)
But on the other side if you have a proprietary interface then there will be less accessories and the product will be less attractive for customers.
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Re:How is the free firmware for the Raspberry progressing? by megous on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:30AM (#31003247)
So, not a charity...
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Re:How is the free firmware for the Raspberry progressing? by detaro on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:49AM (#31003478)
Charity doesn't mean "has to waste money".
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Re:How is the free firmware for the Raspberry progressing? by codeflo on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:44AM (#31003415)
You do realize that most charities sell some things, right?
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Re:How is the free firmware for the Raspberry progressing? by megous on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @12:42PM (#31005033)
They don't have to be profit oriented, though. They just have to balance the money flow.
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Re:How is the free firmware for the Raspberry progressing? by tjoff on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @01:50PM (#31006025)
And what is protecting your investment to ensure it is not a massive loss, if not balance their money flow?
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Re:How is the free firmware for the Raspberry progressing? by megous on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @09:45PM (#31022526)
Anyway, engineering things to manufacture them and sell for profit is not a charity. It's indistinguishable from normal business.

Also Raspberry Pi SBCs and accessories are made by Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd, not by the foundation. If you look up FCC testing reports, it's all submitted by Rpi Trading. That's not charity even legally.

https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/09/21/raspberry-pi-trading-lt...

Charity, right? You wouldn't know from their own website, because they seem to not publicize their business structure very much. My guess that it's similar to mozilla foundation/co split. Foundation does nothing about the products, it's just a public face. And corportaion does all the product work, and is very for profit.

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