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docs/maintain: Clearer introduction to PSDG policy 

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
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@ -143,23 +143,24 @@ in flash on a future release. On our testing, disk I/O does not seem to be a
major bottleneck, so any HDD or SSD will do, but we obviously recommend a
fast NVMe (PCI-E) SSD if you can.
libreboot blob reduction policy
============================
Vendor code
===========
The coreboot software is nominally free, but it requires additional files from
the vendor on many supported systems. These programs lack source code, and the
coreboot project does not control them, but they can be used to perform
specific initialization tasks.
The coreboot software is nominally free, but occasionally requires an
additional file or two from the vendor on a few systems. The libreboot
project *allows* them, only when they are absolutely required.
The libreboot project *allows* vendor code within coreboot, but there is *still* a
lot of nuance to precisely what is allowed. It is important that you understand
these nuances, when working on *libreboot*.
[Strict rules](../../news/policy.md) govern when this allowed, and
the [freedom status page](../../freedom-status.md) provides additional details.
[Please read the blob reduction guidelines](../../news/policy.md) and also
the [freedom status page](../../freedom-status.md).
Please read the files under `config/vendor/` in lbmk, in addition to
the file `include/vendor.sh`. These configuration files and this source code
within lbmk, implement the download and patching logic that enables such files
to be included on final build images, ready for installation on the target
machine.
Before *configuration* info, you will first be shown a brief overview of every
project that Libreboot imports, such as coreboot.
**Before *configuration* info, you will first be shown a brief overview of every
project that Libreboot imports, such as coreboot.**
Environmental variables
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