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@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The following is a list of hardware whose design is **at least to some degree**
- **[Arduino](arduino.md)**: Extremely popular single board microcontrollers that can be easily used to make various devices. Designs and software tools are free, however the name Arduino is trademarked AND the hardware designs are using existing proprietary components, e.g. the [AVR](avr.md) MCUs, i.e. Arduino is not 100% free from the ground up, but the degree of freedom is high and the hardware is kind of simple, i.e. friendly to tinkering and hacking.
- **[RISC-V](risc_v.md)**: Big project creating a free-licensed [instruction set architecture](isa.md), usable by anyone for anything etc. (however the RISC-V brand is [trademarked](trademark.md)). A number of free CPUs/SOC implementations exist (alongside many proprietary implementations), for example [PicoRV32](picorv32.md) or [Sodor](sodor.md).
The following is a list of some "freedom friendly" hardware, i.e. hardware that though partly or fully proprietary is not or can be made non-malicious to the user:
The following is a list of some "freedom friendly" hardware, i.e. hardware that though partly or fully proprietary is not or can be made non-malicious to the user (has documented behavior, allows fully free software, battery replacement, repairs etc.):
- **[Ben NanoNote](ben_nanonote.md)**: tiny [GNU](gnu.md)/[Linux](linux.md) laptop whose design is free, however it utilizes e.g. a proprietary CPU.
- **[DragonBox Pyra](pyra.md)**: Upcoming small handheld computer running [GNU](gnu.md)/[Linux](linux.md) that *almost* meets the RYF criteria, schematics will be available, GPU drivers are sadly proprietary.