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 <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
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### What is this? ####
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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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GNU Boot is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary
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boot firmware that comes with computers with free boot software.
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boot firmware that comes with computers with free boot software.
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### How this project came to exist ####
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### How this project came to exist ####
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the community astray.
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the community astray.
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Unfortunately, such a muddle happened last year with a boot program
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Unfortunately, such a muddle happened last year with a boot program
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that was free software and was called Libreboot: the development team
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that was free software and is called Libreboot: the development team
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added nonfree code to it, but continued to refer to it misleadingly as
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added nonfree code to it, but continued to use "Libre" in its name.
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"Libreboot".
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Libreboot was first released in 2013. It has been widely recommended
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Libreboot was first released in 2013. It has been widely recommended
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in the free software community for the last nine years. In November
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in the free software community for the last nine years. In November
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2022, "Libreboot" began to include non-libre code. We have made
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2022, Libreboot began to include non-libre code. We have made
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repeated efforts to continue collaboration with those developers to
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repeated efforts to continue collaboration with those developers to
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help their version of Libreboot remain libre, but that was not
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help their version of Libreboot remain libre, but that was not
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successful.
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successful.
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Now we've stepped forward to stand up for freedom, ours and that of
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Now we've stepped forward to stand up for freedom, ours and that of
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the wider community, by maintaining our own version -- a genuinely libre
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the wider community, by maintaining our own version -- a genuinely libre
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Libreboot.
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Libreboot, that after some hurdles gave birth to this project: GNU Boot.
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### Our short term plans and need for help ###
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### Our short term plans and need for help ###
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The Libreboot name has a long history in the free software community.
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The Libreboot name has a long history in the free software community.
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Most occurrences of the uses were intended to refer to boot software
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Most occurrences of the uses were intended to refer to boot software
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that was libre, and there is no way to edit those occurrences to refer
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that was libre, and there is no way to edit those occurrences to refer
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to libre boot software by a different name. Therefore, we will
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to libre boot software by a different name. Therefore, we need help
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continue to publish the genuinely free boot software under the name
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from the wider community to inform people about the inclusion of
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Libreboot.
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nonfree software in the Libreboot releases.
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You can help our project by informing people about this genuinely free
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You can also help our project by informing people about this genuinely
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version of Libreboot. Another way to help this project and take a
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free version of Libreboot.
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stand for fully free software is to change URLs across the web from
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<libreboot.org> to <libreboot.at>, and to let people know that no
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Another way to help this project and take a stand for fully free
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other version of Libreboot is reliably free software.
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software is to change URLs across the web from <libreboot.org> to
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<gnu.org/software/gnuboot>, to make sure that the mentioned software
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is reliably free software.
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While there is some documentation in our git repositories, we also
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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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need help adding explanations on how to contribute, build and test
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this website.
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this website.
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Adrien 'neox' Bourmault and Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli are the interim
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Adrien 'neox' Bourmault and Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli are the interim
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maintainers of this genuine Libreboot. They will also review patches
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maintainers of this GNU Boot project. They will also review patches
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sent to the mailing list. Technoethical (an online shop that sells
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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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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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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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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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Making this project part of GNU is part of our work to ensure that our
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free and continue to be maintained over time.
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genuine Libreboot version remains free and continue to be maintained
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over time.
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