First Free Software Phone? That's the Fsf's New 'long Game'
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is working towards creating the 'world's first truly free software phone', a long-term project that aims to promote software freedom in mobile devices, with the community showing interest in the initiative's potential and challenges.
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And, again, no mentioning of the only phone running an FSF-endorsed OS, https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-pureos-to-list-of-endorsed....
Not even Mobian is mentioned, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45607535, while Ubuntu Touch is. I can't get it.