From 2e12909078776d7a723a92b114fe08a9826d7a10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 18:42:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add GNU Boot project announcement We reused the work of libreboot.at as this is less work than restarting from scratch. It also contains the smallest possible change to make the review easier. Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli --- site/index.md | 36 +++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/index.md b/site/index.md index e0ed78b..126f5f0 100644 --- a/site/index.md +++ b/site/index.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: Free your BIOS today! ### What is this? #### -Libreboot is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary +GNU Boot is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary boot firmware that comes with computers with free boot software. ### How this project came to exist #### @@ -23,20 +23,19 @@ as "libre," when parts of it are not in fact libre, that tends to lead the community astray. Unfortunately, such a muddle happened last year with a boot program -that was free software and was called Libreboot: the development team -added nonfree code to it, but continued to refer to it misleadingly as -"Libreboot". +that was free software and is called Libreboot: the development team +added nonfree code to it, but continued to use "Libre" in its name. Libreboot was first released in 2013. It has been widely recommended in the free software community for the last nine years. In November -2022, "Libreboot" began to include non-libre code. We have made +2022, Libreboot began to include non-libre code. We have made repeated efforts to continue collaboration with those developers to help their version of Libreboot remain libre, but that was not successful. Now we've stepped forward to stand up for freedom, ours and that of the wider community, by maintaining our own version -- a genuinely libre -Libreboot. +Libreboot, that after some hurdles gave birth to this project: GNU Boot. ### Our short term plans and need for help ### @@ -45,26 +44,29 @@ We are seeking contributors for various jobs, both simple and technical. The Libreboot name has a long history in the free software community. Most occurrences of the uses were intended to refer to boot software that was libre, and there is no way to edit those occurrences to refer -to libre boot software by a different name. Therefore, we will -continue to publish the genuinely free boot software under the name -Libreboot. +to libre boot software by a different name. Therefore, we need help +from the wider community to inform people about the inclusion of +nonfree software in the Libreboot releases. -You can help our project by informing people about this genuinely free -version of Libreboot. Another way to help this project and take a -stand for fully free software is to change URLs across the web from - to , and to let people know that no -other version of Libreboot is reliably free software. +You can also help our project by informing people about this genuinely +free version of Libreboot. + +Another way to help this project and take a stand for fully free +software is to change URLs across the web from to +, to make sure that the mentioned software +is reliably free software. While there is some documentation in our git repositories, we also need help adding explanations on how to contribute, build and test this website. Adrien 'neox' Bourmault and Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli are the interim -maintainers of this genuine Libreboot. They will also review patches +maintainers of this GNU Boot project. They will also review patches sent to the mailing list. Technoethical (an online shop that sells hardware compatible with FSF certified distributions) and Libre en Communs (a French nonprofit that acts and advocates for free software and the commons) have offered help for testing releases. -We are taking steps to ensure that our genuine Libreboot will remain -free and continue to be maintained over time. +Making this project part of GNU is part of our work to ensure that our +genuine Libreboot version remains free and continue to be maintained +over time.