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% Formal policy established, regarding Libreboot's zero-blob policy
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% Leah Rowe
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% 2 January 2022
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Libreboot intentionally *de-blobs* coreboot, which is to say that in does not
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include binary blobs. It is a distribution of entirely Free Software and, as
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such, only supports a handful of machines from coreboot, which otherwise
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requires binary blobs on most systems. Libreboot's version of coreboot is
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entirely *free*, on all supported mainboards.
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Libreboot is designed to comply with the Free Software Foundation's
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[Respects Your Freedom criteria](https://ryf.fsf.org/about/criteria) and
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the [GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG)](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.en.html),
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ensuring that it is entirely [Free Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html).
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Libreboot's operational policy regarding blobs has not changed, and will not
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change, but it was previously unwritten, relying on assumptions based on
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FSF criteria. Libreboot's policy is to comply with FSF policy, but there is a
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lot of nuance involved:
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**[A formal set of guidelines / criteria are now available.](../policy.md) They
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outline, in detail, Libreboot's precise policy, regarding binary blobs.**
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