OpenWrt meeting November 2024

[Denver Gingerich]

On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 04:12:45PM +0100, Bjørn Mork via openwrt-devel wrote:
> Michael Richardson <mcr at sandelman.ca> writes:
> > Paul Spooren <mail at aparcar.org> wrote:
> >     > - Available for purchase on AliExpress.
> >
> > Is this the URL:
> >
> > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007870205805.html
> >
> > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008119810450.html
> >
> > I'm not quite figuring out what the differences are.
> 
> Different sellers.  I don't know those two.
> 
> I believe it's better to start at https://openwrt.org/toh/openwrt/one to
> have an authoritative source.  Go to the bottom of that page and you'll
> find a link to
> https://docs.banana-pi.org/en/OpenWRT-One/BananaPi_OpenWRT-One
> Then go to the bottom of that page for the links to the 3 official
> shops.

Even then the links aren't ideal (they don't include the PCB option), and Banana Pi hasn't updated that page in a while.

However, I did confirm with my contact at Banana Pi today that these are the best canonical links for now:

* https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007795779282.html - fully assembled with case (US$89)
* https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008143000598.html - PCB only (US$68.42)

Both are from the Bipai store, which is one of Banana Pi's two official stores (the other is SinoVOIP).  If you're not buying from one of those two stores, you're not buying it direct.  A US$10 donation still goes to the OpenWrt earmarked fund at Software Freedom Conservancy for each such purchase, but you're probably paying more than necessary if you buy from a different store.

Pricing may vary a bit by country - I just included the pricing above that appears for US users (and users in other countries that AliExpress denominates in USD, like Canada).

We at SFC plan to be publishing more on this by the end of the week.  Let me know if you have any questions in the meantime.

Denver Gingerich
Director of Compliance
Software Freedom Conservancy