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date, in terms of code and documentation respectively.
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From 2024 onward, unless more hostilities develop from FSF/GNU's side, I intend
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to adopt a more conciliatory approach toward GNU Boot. I won the battle of 2023.
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I won the *cold boot war*, but the real battle is this: how do we get free boot
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firmware to non-technical end users, efficiently and reliably? The answer to
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that question is projects such as Libreboot, or indeed others like GNU Boot,
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Heads, Skulls, MrChromebox... you name it. Distros, designed similarly to
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Linux distros, but for building boot firmware instead.
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Much of 2023 was spent counteracting the FSF's coup, because they were hostile
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to the Libreboot project, but I decided that I will avoid any such counter
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action from now on. I will stil develop Canoeboot, but my main focus is
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Libreboot. My conclusion is that, so long as my own efforts exist, and I keep
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working on everything, the GNU Boot project is no threat to Libreboot whatsoever.
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Towards the end of 2023, there *was* in fact cooperation, between the GNU Boot
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and Libreboot projects, in the form of small patches; Denis Carikli sent a few
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patches and reports to Canoeboot and the Untitled Static Site Generator, and I
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did similar for the GNU boot project. The FSF themselves even decided to
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accept Canoeboot, on their Free Software Directory. See:
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<https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Canoeboot>
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My only issue with GNU Boot at the start of 2023 was that they wanted
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to *replace* the Libreboot project, by using the same name. They *did* try to
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destroy the Libreboot project, and take it for themselves. Things pretty much
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calmed towards the end of 2023, and now the two projects/communities operate
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to their own ends, not taking much stock of the other. If they don't bother me
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from now on, I won't pay any attention to them.
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They are welcome to send me patches, and I *may* help them if I feel like it.
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Last remarks
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Last remarks
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**UPDATE, 27 October 2023: The Censored Libreboot and nonGeNUine Boot websites have merged
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**UPDATE, 27 October 2023: The Censored Libreboot and nonGeNUine Boot websites have merged
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into a new project, called Canoeboot. Canoeboot is a new Libreboot-authored
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into a new project, called Canoeboot. Canoeboot is a new Libreboot-authored
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spinoff project (official fork).**
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spinoff project (official fork). See: <https://canoeboot.org/>**
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**See: [Canoeboot 20231026 release](https://canoeboot.org/news/canoeboot20231026.html) -
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**See: [Canoeboot 20231026 release](https://canoeboot.org/news/canoeboot20231026.html) -
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the original article below showed a desire to work with GNU Boot, but it has
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the original article below showed a desire to work with GNU Boot, but it has
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Policy](https://web.archive.org/web/20221107235850/https://libreboot.org/news/policy.html) (instead of
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Policy](https://web.archive.org/web/20221107235850/https://libreboot.org/news/policy.html) (instead of
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Libreboot's current [Binary Blob Reduction Policy](policy.md)).**
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Libreboot's current [Binary Blob Reduction Policy](policy.md)).**
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**The situation on 27 October 2023 is not much different, in substance. Please
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see: [Canoeboot vs GNU Boot](https://canoeboot.org/gnuboot.html) - Canoeboot
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will now compete with GNU Boot, rather than try to assist it; they didn't accept
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Libreboot's help anyway.**
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And now, the original article is as follows:
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Warning
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% Leah Rowe
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% Leah Rowe
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% 17 July 2023
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% 17 July 2023
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**UPDATE, 2 January 2024: Also see the notes about desire for partial
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reconciliation, written at the end of [the 10-year anniversary
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article published on 12 December 2023](10.md) - as far as I'm concerned, all
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hostilities have cooled. The FSF seems to have backed off, and I have only the
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desire to focus on my own work, so I will no longer concern myself with GNUBoot.**
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**UPDATE, 27 October 2023: The Censored Libreboot and nonGeNUine Boot websites have merged
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**UPDATE, 27 October 2023: The Censored Libreboot and nonGeNUine Boot websites have merged
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into a new project, called Canoeboot. Canoeboot is a new Libreboot-endorsed
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into a new project, called Canoeboot. Canoeboot is a new Libreboot-endorsed
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spinoff project (official fork).**
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spinoff project (official fork). See: <https://canoeboot.org/>**
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**See: [Canoeboot 20231026 release](https://canoeboot.org/news/canoeboot20231026.html) -
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**See: [Canoeboot 20231026 release](https://canoeboot.org/news/canoeboot20231026.html) -
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the original article below showed a desire to work with GNU Boot, but it has
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the original article below showed a desire to work with GNU Boot, but it has
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now been decided that Canoeboot will be an official project of Libreboot,
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now been decided that Canoeboot will be an official project of Libreboot,
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providing releases under the old [Binary Blob Elimination
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providing releases under the old [Binary Blob Elimination
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Policy](https://web.archive.org/web/20221107235850/https://libreboot.org/news/policy.html) (instead of
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Policy](https://web.archive.org/web/20221107235850/https://libreboot.org/news/policy.html) (instead of
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Libreboot's current [Binary Blob Reduction Policy](policy.md)).**
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Libreboot's current [Binary Blob Reduction Policy](policy.md)). - no further
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action is planned, except that [Canoeboot](https://canoeboot.org/) will now
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be maintained, without paying the GNU project much mind.**
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**The situation on 27 October 2023 is not much different, in substance. Please
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see: [Canoeboot vs GNU Boot](https://canoeboot.org/gnuboot.html) - Canoeboot
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will now compete with GNU Boot, rather than try to assist it; they didn't accept
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Libreboot's help anyway.**
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NOTE FROM THE FUTURE: non-GeNUine Boot is now called Canoeboot.
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If you want to skip the lecture, just read these first and re-visit this
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If you want to skip the lecture, just read these first and re-visit this
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page (the one you're reading now) afterwards for more context:
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page (the one you're reading now) afterwards for more context:
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