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Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
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People have been waiting for me to break the silence about this. I go on about
it on IRC. This article is intended to address it once and for all, offically.
it on IRC. This article is intended to address it once and for all, officially.
I waited so long, because until recently there really wasn't anything tangible
to talk about; why talk about vaporware? Why indeed.
@ -15,24 +15,23 @@ This doesn't need to be an overly long post, so it won't be. There is a *fork*
of Libreboot, named GNU Boot, which you can find here:
<https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnuboot/>
Unofficial GNU Boot 20230717 release
Long story short, when I saw this, I decided that I would try to *help* the
project. More on this next:
non-GeNUine Boot 20230717 release
------------------------------------
If you want to skip the lecture, just read these first and re-visit this
page (the one you're reading now) afterwards for more context:
* **GNU Boot 20230717, unofficial release (produced by *me*):
<https://gnuboot.vimuser.org/news/gnuboot20230717.html> - based on the
* **non-GeNUine Boot 20230717, unofficial release (produced by *me*):
<https://notgnuboot.vimuser.org/news/gnuboot20230717.html> - based on the
recent [Libreboot 20230625](libreboot20230625.md) release**, but modified to
comply with their policy, as best as I could approximate.
comply with GNU Boot policy, as best as I could approximate.
I *encourage them* to re-use this work. It's roughly *8 months* ahead
of their current work.
Or generally: **<https://gnuboot.vimuser.org/> - Unofficial GNU Boot website**
I call this unofficial fork *GNU Boot*, specifically because I want the work
to be used *by* the real GNU Boot project. It is also clearly marked unofficial,
on that website, so people don't get confused about that.
Or generally: **<https://notgnuboot.vimuser.org/> - non-GeNUine Boot website**
These links, above, are for an *unofficial* fork of Libreboot that *I* have
done myself, proposed for re-use by the new GNU Boot project. I am *not* a
@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ project, superior to Libreboot in many ways). I recently helped them by offering
to host tarballs for them, that they use in their build system.
But that's just the problem: when GNU Boot first launched, as a failed *hostile
fork* of Libreboot (at domain name, libreboot .dot. at), I observed: their code repository
fork* of Libreboot (at domain name, libreboot **-dot-** at), I observed: their code repository
was based on Libreboot from late 2022, and their website based on Libreboot in
late 2021. Their same-named Libreboot site was announced during LibrePlanet
2023, by this video:
@ -117,8 +116,8 @@ created on 11 June 2023. Yet no real development, in over a month since then.
I have this itch in the back of my mind, that says: if you're going to do
something, you should *do it*. When someone expresses disagreement with what
I say, I can respect it if the it's more than just words. Which is precisely
what they have been.
I say, I can respect it if it's more than just words, which is all
what they had given at the time of this article.
I value *technical excellence*.
@ -170,3 +169,47 @@ just as Libreboot was before I merged osboot with it, but I digress.
What more is there to say?
Happy hacking!
UPDATE (21 July 2023)
=====================
This website, that you are reading now, and the non-GeNUine release itself,
was originally *named* GNU Boot, but clearly marked as *unofficial*, with the
hope that the GNU project would adapt and re-use it for their project. I did
this, specifically to help them get up to date. They currently use Libreboot
from about 8 months ago (late 2022), and that revision used *coreboot* releases
from ~mid 2021.
Modern Libreboot uses coreboot from early 2023, and contains many bug fixes
in its build system, owing to an extensive [build system
audit](audit.html); GNU Boot still contains all of
the bugs that existed, prior to the audit. Bugs such as: errors literally not
being handled, in many critical areas of the build system, due to improper use
of subshells within shell scripts (Libreboot's build system is implemented with
shell scripts), improper handling of git credentials in the coreboot build
system, fam15h boards no longer compiling correct on modern Linux distros...
the list goes on. All fixed, in newer Libreboot, including the recent release.
GNU Boot cease and desist email
-------------------------------
The GNU Boot people actually sent me a cease and desist email, citing trademark
infringement. Amazing.
Despite the original site clearly stating that it's unofficial. I literally made
it to help them. You know, to help them use newer Libreboot because they use old
Libreboot and even older coreboot.
Anyway, I complied with their polite request and have renamed the project to
non-GeNUine Boot. The release archive was re-compiled, under this new brand
name and this non-GeNUine website was re-written accordingly.
Personally, I like the new name better.
Here is a screenshot of the cease and desist request that I received,
from *Adrien ‘neox’ Bourmault* who is a founding member of the GNU Boot
project:
![](https://av.vimuser.org/email.png)
I may very well send patches. *If I want to*.