[VOTE] Endorse the creation of OpenWrt One

[Hans Dedecker]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 7:10 AM Mathias Kresin <dev at kresin.me> wrote:
>
> 17/01/2024 16:25, John Crispin:
> > OpenWrt One will be a wireless networking device designed for free and
> > open source software enthusiasts, encouraging people to tinker with and
> > learn about embedded development and Linux networking.
> >
> > OpenWrt One is intended to benefit OpenWrt as the project shall receive
> > a share of the revenue for each unit sold.
> >
> > Our intent is to build a unit with OpenWrt friendly hardware
> > specifications which makes it well supportable and serves as a potential
> > role model for manufacturers - it will receive the same level of
> > community support as other OpenWrt capable devices, there will be no
> > priority tier, no paid support channels and no dedicated OpenWrt
> > flavours or similar. The device support shall be fully upstreamed into
> > vanilla OpenWrt.
> >
> > OpenWrt One is a private voluntary initiative led by me (John Crispin).
> > The initial R&D cost for the ODM design is privately paid for by me,
> > without utilising any OpenWrt funds. I will not be making any profit
> > from this. To reduce liabilities, time to market and burden on
> > individual developers or the project as a whole, I propose to co-develop
> > the OpenWrt One PCB together with the ODM behind the Banana Pi
> > community. The OpenWrt One will reuse design aspects as well as the form
> > factor of existing Banana Pi PCBs and enclosures.
> >
> >
> >   OpenWrt One is *not* intended to be:
> >    - A contender for commercial off-the-shelf Routers or APs.
> >    - A wired router achieving gigabit NAT speeds
> >    - A bleeding edge Wi-Fi 6e/7 access point
> >    - A Network Attached Storage device
> >    - A high speed ethernet switch
> >
> > The "One" rather aims to be:
> >    - As open as possible and fully compliant with all copyleft and other
> > FOSS licenses it uses
> >    - An educational platform for tinkering with/learning about open
> > hardware and Linux
> >    - A way to donate to the OpenWrt project while receiving a nice
> > gadget in return
> >    - Provide expansibility through mikroBUS, GPIOs and PCI/e M.2
> >    - Software unbrickable and easily recoverable without additional means
> >    - The satisfaction of achieving an overdue personal objective
> >
> >
> > By starting this vote, I am asking fellow developers of the OpenWrt
> > project to:
> >    a) Endorse the usage and mention of the OpenWrt trademark and logo
> > for the OpenWrt One hardware device, allowing the ODM to print the
> > OpenWrt logo on the silk screen and enclosures as well as branding the
> > resulting device "OpenWrt One" and marketing it as such. Software
> > Freedom Conservancy (SFC) agreed to take care of the legal agreement
> > with the ODM if the vote succeeds.
> >    b) Authorise SFC, Inc. to register an IEEE MAC Address Block Large
> > (MA-L) on behalf of OpenWrt. The required one-time payment will be
> > covered by private, non-project funds.
> >    c) Agree that SFC will receive a percentage of the revenue of each
> > unit sold by the ODM, on behalf of OpenWrt with the received funds being
> > directed towards the OpenWrt project under the existing fiscal agreement
> > in order to cover future expenses. Right now I am aiming for a share of
> > around 10% with an expected price tag of around 100$ per unit.
> >
> >
> > The vote shall be concluded within 10 days.
> >
> > In case the vote succeeds, the next steps will be:
> >   - Finalise the hardware design with the silicon vendor (MediaTek) and
> > ODM (Banana Pi) - expected to take 4-8 weeks
> >   - Receive engineering samples (15 units) and distribute them to
> > interested parties
> >   - Provide samples to SFC for copyleft/FOSS license compliance
> > verification.
> >   - Once the engineering samples are confirmed to be working, the ODM
> > will start producing the initial batch of units
> >
> > Please understand that until the vote succeeds I do not have the
> > mandate/authority to further any discussions with the involved entities
> > on behalf of OpenWrt. Final technical and legal details will be
> > clarified once the consent is given through this vote.
> >
> >      John
>
> +1
+1 from me as well

Hans
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