Hello ALUG, If there is another meeting in Norwich/UEA I will probably be there.
If there is a Free Software Foundation (FSF) why is there no Free Hardware Foundation (FHF). FHF could have open source chip designs, that could be loaded on to FPGAs. Image free modem, cpus etc.. You could get the latest bug-fix, speed improvement, feature etc.
Yours Tarquin Mills