From 73890776629157d3ff9aad70f9a4f691b6149c2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 11:17:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update policy article: add link to ariadne's blog post --- site/news/MANIFEST | 2 +- site/news/policy.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/news/MANIFEST b/site/news/MANIFEST index af2a66a..e08b940 100644 --- a/site/news/MANIFEST +++ b/site/news/MANIFEST @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -usa-libre.md policy.md +usa-libre.md translations.md libreboot20211122.md libreboot20210522.md diff --git a/site/news/policy.md b/site/news/policy.md index a9d6a89..e6db466 100644 --- a/site/news/policy.md +++ b/site/news/policy.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -% Binary blob policy +% Binary blob extermination policy % Leah Rowe -% 2 January 2022 +% 2 January 2022 (updated 23 January 2022) This article was written by Leah Rowe, the founder and current lead developer of Libreboot. @@ -435,6 +435,22 @@ It is no longer fit for purpose. Other resources =============== +Ariadne Conill's RYF blog post +------------------------------ + +Ariadne Conill, security team chair of *Alpine Linux*, posted a very robust +article about RYF, with similar points made when compared to *this* article. +However, Ariadne goes into detail on several other examples of problems with +the FSF RYF criteria; for example, it talks about the *Novena* product by +Bunnie. + +It's worth a read! Link: + + + +Hector Martin's RYF thread +-------------------------- + Hector Martin, leader of the *Asahi Linux* project (for booting linux kernels on M1 macbooks) wrote a very robust twitter thread criticizing the RYF criteria and much of what he wrote inspired *this* article that you are reading. See: @@ -449,6 +465,14 @@ nitter: Article updates =============== +23 January 2022 +--------------- + +Added link to Ariadne Conill's article. + +21 January 2022 +--------------- + This article was updated on 21 January 2022, to add the section with examples in the real world of FSF sweeping blobs under the rug (ATI T400 thinkpads, ICH9M descriptors and TALOS II NIC firmware).