clarify a few things
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reason that Libre Software (Right To Hack) is critical!
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OSHW and Right To Repair are not covered at all by RYF (FSF's Respects Your
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Freedom criteria), the criteria which Libreboot was created to comply with.
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Freedom criteria), the criteria which Libreboot previously complied with.
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RYF also makes several concessions that are ultimately damaging, such as
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the *software as circuitry* policy which is, frankly, nonsensical. ROM is still
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software. There was a time when the FSF didn't consider BIOS software a freedom
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@ -512,8 +512,17 @@ I propose that new guidelines be written, to replace RYF. These new guidelines
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will do away with all exemptions/loopholes, and demand that *all* software be
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libre on the machine, or as much as possible. Instead of only promoting products
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that meet some arbitrary standard, simply catalog all systems on a grand
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*database* of sorts (like h-node.org, but better). Include Right to Repair and
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OSHW (including things like RISCV) in the most "ideal" standard machine.
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*database* of sorts (like h-node.org, but better), which will define exactly
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what *hardware* **and** software issues exist on each device. Include Right to
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Repair and OSHW (including things like RISCV) in the most "ideal"
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standard machine; the gold standard is libre *silicon*, like what Sam Zeloof
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and others are working on nowadays.
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This new set of criteria should not attempt to hide or ignore *anything*. It
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should encourage people to push the envelope and innovate, so that we can have
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much *more* freedom than is currently possible. Necessity is the mother of all
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invention, and freedom is an important goal in every aspect of life, not just
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computing.
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Don't call it "Respects Your Freedom" or something similar. Instead, call it
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something like: the freedom catalog. And actually focus on hardware, not just
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