more snip
my intent was clearly presented by the wholesale removal present in the last revision. this follow-up revision further conveys my intentions. Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>master
parent
e484a829e3
commit
40ca3087b7
|
@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ that Libreboot no longer strictly aligns to FSF policy, but I still very much
|
||||||
believe in the ideology behind it. I merely apply it in different, more
|
believe in the ideology behind it. I merely apply it in different, more
|
||||||
[pragmatic](policy.md) ways - but this page is about the history of the project,
|
[pragmatic](policy.md) ways - but this page is about the history of the project,
|
||||||
so I have to put myself in the headspace I was in, during each development year
|
so I have to put myself in the headspace I was in, during each development year
|
||||||
relative to when Libreboot started.
|
relative to when Libreboot started. Libreboot originally started very much as
|
||||||
|
an FSF-endorsed project, created specifically for the purpose of adhering to
|
||||||
|
their standards.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
### Early history
|
### Early history
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
@ -1221,7 +1223,7 @@ This period of Libreboot's history involved a massive amount of extreme and
|
||||||
hostile competition between the Libreboot project and a *hostile fork* of
|
hostile competition between the Libreboot project and a *hostile fork* of
|
||||||
Libreboot started by the FSF (now a GNU project). Libreboot fought hard to ensure
|
Libreboot started by the FSF (now a GNU project). Libreboot fought hard to ensure
|
||||||
that it, the *real* Libreboot project, the one on libreboot.org, survived,
|
that it, the *real* Libreboot project, the one on libreboot.org, survived,
|
||||||
becauseu the FSF literally tried to destroy it. They made no secret of it, and
|
because the FSF literally tried to destroy it. They made no secret of it, and
|
||||||
even publicly announced such intentions at their LibrePlanet 2023 conference.
|
even publicly announced such intentions at their LibrePlanet 2023 conference.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Much of the remainder of this article will cover this period, and its aftermath.
|
Much of the remainder of this article will cover this period, and its aftermath.
|
||||||
|
@ -1478,14 +1480,31 @@ anymore; to do so was necessary, when they themselves did the same, because
|
||||||
the FSF is a well-funded organisation with much bigger reach and would walk
|
the FSF is a well-funded organisation with much bigger reach and would walk
|
||||||
all over me if I allowed it, so it was necessary to show strength.
|
all over me if I allowed it, so it was necessary to show strength.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
However, throughout 2024, GNU's fork has essentially been a dead project; they
|
I don't start fights; I only finish them, decisively and without fear or
|
||||||
haven't done any work on their build system of any consequence, and haven't
|
prejudice. Aside from minor acts on GNU's part, they have largely left me well
|
||||||
even updated their documentation that heavily. Their main focus was on
|
alone since the end of 2023, and my intention is to leave them alone. I have
|
||||||
integrating the Untitled Static Site Generator into their infrastructure,
|
at times perhaps been guilty of overthinking, but I basically don't care about
|
||||||
which otherwise relies heavily on TexInfo documents and CVS (Untitled relies on
|
the FSF or GNU at this point.
|
||||||
Markdown and Git heavily - the FSF actually made a special rsync server for
|
|
||||||
to manually upload HTML files to, generated by Untitled, which they
|
My intention is that the FSF promote *Canoeboot*, much like they did with the
|
||||||
wrapped around directly, within their fork of the Libreboot build system).
|
old Libreboot, prior to policy change. GNU Boot can do whatever it wants, I
|
||||||
|
don't really care; so long as they're not taking potshots at Libreboot. FSF can
|
||||||
|
also promote their own project (GNU Boot), as they have; there's room for both.
|
||||||
|
It'd be nice if GNU Boot criticised coreboot instead of Libreboot; coreboot is
|
||||||
|
the project that includes binary blobs, Libreboot merely tries to make the best
|
||||||
|
of a situation that is not ideal, while not being dogmatic; Canoeboot and GNU
|
||||||
|
Boot are dogmatic answers to the same issue, namely that hardware vendors suck.
|
||||||
|
Prior to Libreboot's policy change, Libreboot was not a fork of something; it
|
||||||
|
was its own original distribution, and it criticized the hardware vendors and
|
||||||
|
coreboot for not being firm enough with them - and this is a criticism that
|
||||||
|
I still have, today, and always will have. What more is there to say? GNU chose
|
||||||
|
to see me as its enemy, even though I'm ideologically very much in line with it
|
||||||
|
and wish to see its goals advanced to the fullest; the only difference with
|
||||||
|
Libreboot is the exact method by which this is strived for, a methodology that
|
||||||
|
they (the GNU project) vehemently disagree with. Libreboot's instrument is
|
||||||
|
the [Binary Blob Reduction Policy](policy.md), while Canoeboot's is
|
||||||
|
the [Binary Blob Extermination Policy](https://canoeboot.org/news/policy.html),
|
||||||
|
and Canoeboot's policy is very much identical to GNU's own policy document.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
Last remarks
|
Last remarks
|
||||||
-----------
|
-----------
|
||||||
|
@ -1515,3 +1534,19 @@ the erstwhile *gluglug* domain then redirecting to it, and I registered Minifree
|
||||||
Ltd in the UK. Minifree is how I fund the Libreboot project, by selling computers
|
Ltd in the UK. Minifree is how I fund the Libreboot project, by selling computers
|
||||||
with Libreboot pre-installed. You can find it
|
with Libreboot pre-installed. You can find it
|
||||||
on [minifree.org](https://minifree.org/).
|
on [minifree.org](https://minifree.org/).
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
*January 2025 update removed; hostilities briefly resumed, resulting from
|
||||||
|
accusations made by the GNU project against Libreboot and against me personally,
|
||||||
|
in a talk that they made at 38c3, but I've since decided to disregard it as being
|
||||||
|
that Adrien Bourmault simply doesn't know his place and spoke out of turn - I've
|
||||||
|
since begun discussions with the FSF and its executive director is remarkably
|
||||||
|
intelligent and decent, something I did not expect given my prior history -
|
||||||
|
more will be said about this, possibly, in future news updates, but not as
|
||||||
|
further updates to this 2023 article that you are currently reading. Good day!*
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
*Some language on this page has been toned down, while not altering the substance
|
||||||
|
of this article in any way, and without removing any of the history or otherwise
|
||||||
|
any other information presented here. I remain wary of course, but my focus is
|
||||||
|
simply on Libreboot and Canoeboot - those people in GNU Boot such as Adrien
|
||||||
|
simply do not think the way I do and would likely never work with me. That is
|
||||||
|
why they have their project, and I have mine!!*
|
||||||
|
|
Loading…
Reference in New Issue