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% Leah Rowe
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% 12 May 2024
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Introduction/context
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====================
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As many readers know, Libreboot abandoned the GNU FSDG policy in November 2022,
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instead opting for a [different policy](policy.md) allowing blobs only under
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the most limited circumstances, to allow newer machines to be supported from
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is otherwise free software, but requires blobs on some mainboards, so Libreboot
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previously could not support all mainboards from Coreboot.
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Canoeboot: the blob-free fork
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=============================
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I've been maintaining my own fork of Libreboot since October 2023, called
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Canoeboot. See:
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Canoeboot. While it may have fewer supported mainboards than Libreboot as a
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result, it complies fully with the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines,
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in providing an entirely de-blobbed coreboot distro, like Libreboot used to
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be. See:
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<https://canoeboot.org/>
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Email sent to GNU Eval
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====================
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With the recent Canoeboot 20240510 release, I've decided: Canoeboot should
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become a GNU project.
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<https://canoeboot.org/news/gnu.html>
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In it, I make a strong case in support of membership, and I encourage members
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In it, I make a strong case in support of membership.
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Share your opinion!
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===================
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I encourage members
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of the public to also voice their opinions about this topic. Therefore, I have
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publicised this link in several places:
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Discussion welcome!
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Final thoughts
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I'm taking a very much hands-off approach with this; I've sent the initial
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email and asked the public what they think, so it's up to them to say what
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they think.
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