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2021-11-13 06:48:07 +01:00
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title: Free your BIOS today!
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2021-05-18 14:21:48 +02:00
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2023-03-16 16:37:32 +01:00
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### What is this? ####
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Libreboot is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary
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BIOS firmware with an entirely free version.
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### How this project came to exist ####
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We believe all computer users deserve to control all the software they
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run. This belief is the foundation of a social movement called the
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*free software movement*, which consists of a large community of
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software users and developers. We believe computer user freedom is a
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vitally important goal.
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In order to achieve our goal, it is important that when we call a
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program free or libre, it is actually free in its entirety. That may
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seem like a lot to ask, but it would undermine our goal if we were
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flexible on our core belief: freedom.
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There are free software programs that are important to the community
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and our cause. Sometimes the development team of one of these programs
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changes direction and creates the unfortunate situation where a free
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program that is used by many begins to include nonfree software. This
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is what is currently happening with the formerly free BIOS replacement
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Libreboot.
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Libreboot was first released in 2009. It has been widely recommended in the
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free software community for the last thirteen years. In November 2022,
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Libreboot upstream began to include nonfree software. We have made
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multiple attempts to work with upstream to keep Libreboot fully free,
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but unfortunately our efforts were not successful. As such, we've
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taken it upon ourselves to stand up for our principles and the
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freedom of the wider community, releasing our own version of a
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genuinely libre libreboot.
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### Our short term plans and need for help ###
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We are seeking contributors for various jobs, both simple and technical.
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The Libreboot name has a long history in the free software
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community. We will continue to publish the genuinely free boot
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software by the name Libreboot. You can help our project by informing
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people about this genuinely free version. Another way to help this
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project and take a stand for fully free software is to change URLs
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across the web from <libreboot.org> to <libreboot.at>, and to let them
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know that no other version of Libreboot is reliably free software.
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While there is some documentation in our git repositories, we also
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need help adding explanations on how to contribute, build and test
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this website.
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Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli and Adrien 'neox' Bourmault are the interim
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maintainers of this genuine Libreboot. They will also review patches
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sent to the mailing list. Technoethical (an online shop that sells
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hardware compatible with FSF certified distributions) and Libre en
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Communs (a French nonprofit that acts and advocates for free software
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and the commons) have offered help for testing releases.
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We are taking steps to ensure that our genuine Libreboot will remain
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free and continue to be maintained over time.
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