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The announcement didn't actually say (nor would it be accurate to say)
that the Librem 13v2 was "no longer certified," since it was never
certified to begin with (see below).
> Fact 2/ In December 15 Qubes trumpeted via its News pages
>
https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2015/12/09/purism-partnership/.Entitled;
> Partnering with Purism and the first Qubes-certified laptop.
> Within the document is this statement; "This begins with the
> certification of the Librem 13" - the words Librem 13 provides a link to
>
https://puri.sm/librem-13. Contrary to the arguments you've posted,
> you'll notice that nowhere within the document does it specify that the
> certification covers Version 1 of Librem13 only. To the contrary,
> clicking the link takes you to Version2 of the Librem 13.
>
At the time of that post, there was no such thing as "v1" or "v2" of the
Librem 13. It was just "the Librem 13." Only subsequently was a new
configuration introduced called "Librem 13v2." When the new version was
introduced, the original configuration was retroactively renamed "Librem
13v1," presumably to disambiguate it from the new version.
There's no way we could have known, at the time of that original 2015
post, that there would end up being two versions of the Librem 13, or
that the same URL on the Purism website would be used as the product
page for both versions. Our certification process targets a _specific
laptop configuration_. Change the configuration, and it's no longer the
same laptop, at least as far as our certification process is concerned.
Why? Because what we're certifying is the fact that we've rigorously
tested that a certain version of Qubes OS is compatible with a certain
piece of hardware. If you change that piece of hardware or replace it
with a different one, we can't guarantee that the new piece of hardware
will be compatible unless we test it.
> To summarise.
> Many months after Purism started taking orders for Version 2 of the
> Librem 13, Qubes formally withdrew its certification leaving users in
> the lurch. In the meantime Qubes pocketed $100 per order in commission.
> This is unforgivable, indefensible behavior.
>
It's worth noting that the commissions the project received were never
enough to cover the cost of our developers' time and labor in performing
the testing and certification process, but we knew this would be the case
going in. This was never about the money; it was about trying to make it
easier for Qubes users to find compatible hardware.
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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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