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tone the README way, way down 

canoeboot is a fsdg coreboot distro, so it should talk like one

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
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@ -18,27 +18,31 @@ prefer Canoeboot, which is essentially a *censored* Libreboot (no binary
blobs allowed, so only few boards supported whereas Libreboot supports more
boards while minimising the number of blobs to zero when possible).
For more context, please read Libreboot's Binary Blob Reduction Policy:
Canoeboot is provided for the purists who absolutely wish to have no proprietary
software of any kind. Regardless of any other firmware that exists outside of it,
the boot flash on your system will be *entirely free software* if you install
Canoeboot on it. That includes a complete lack of CPU microcode updates, as per
FSF policy.
<https://libreboot.org/news/policy.html>
More specifically: Canoeboot is engineered to comply with the GNU Free System
Distribution Guidelines. It has, as of November 2023 releases, been strictly
audited by FSF licensing staff (Craig Topham lead the audit), and it is listed
on the FSF's own Free Software Directory.
You may also read Canoeboot's about page, which contains more history pertaining
to *Canoeboot*. Please read this page:
<https://canoeboot.org/about.html>
Canoeboot is inferior to Libreboot, in every way, and you should never use it.
Libreboot previously complied with that same policy, but changed to a different
one permitting binary blobs in limited circumstances, so as to support more newer
machines. Canoeboot is, then, a continuation of the traditional Libreboot
project prior to that policy change. Some users still want it, so, Canoeboot
releases are rigoriously maintained, re-basing on newer Libreboot releases over
time, just like how, say, Trisquel, re-bases itself on each new Ubuntu release.
Project goals
=============
- Be Libreboot, but adhere to GNU FSDG as policy. This means that many boards
from Libreboot must be removed; Canoeboot is therefore inferior to Libreboot,
and always will be. It provides a useful proof of concept, showing what
is still possible when you completely bastardise Libreboot in like with
FSF/GNU dogma - and Canoeboot does it better than GNU ever could.
- *Support as much hardware as possible!* (within the restrictions imposed
by GNU FSDG policy)
- Obviously, support as much hardware as possible (within the limitations
imposed by GNU FSDG, and using what coreboot happens to have in its source
tree - Canoeboot also heavily patches coreboot, sometimes adding new
mainboards out-of-tree).
- *Make coreboot easy to use*. Coreboot is notoriously difficult
to install, due to an overall lack of user-focused documentation
and support. Most people will simply give up before attempting to
@ -64,7 +68,8 @@ Not a coreboot fork!
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Canoeboot is not a fork of coreboot. Every so often, the project
re-bases on the latest version of coreboot, with the number of custom
re-bases on the latest version of coreboot, by virtue of maintaining sync
with Libreboot releases (minus un-GNU parts), with the number of custom
patches in use minimized. Tested, *stable* (static) releases are then provided
in Canoeboot, based on specific coreboot revisions.