From a12174c679213e4f2584606f2c995932d4dc7009 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:17:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] site: convert index.md to texinfo Signed-off-by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli --- site/index.md | 73 ----------------------------------------------- site/index.texi | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 site/index.md create mode 100644 site/index.texi diff --git a/site/index.md b/site/index.md deleted file mode 100644 index 5c49409..0000000 --- a/site/index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Free your BIOS today! -x-reviewed: true -... - -### What is this? #### - -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 #### - -We believe computer users deserve to control all the software they -run. This belief is the key principle of the Free Software Movement, -and was the motive for developing the GNU operating system and -starting the Free Software Foundation. We believe computer user -freedom is a crucial human rights. - -In order to achieve our goal, it is crucial that we call a program -"free" or "libre" only when it is indeed free in its entirety. When -we talk about specific programs, we must not muddle the facts about -what is free and what is not. If people start referring to a progran -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 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 -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, that after some hurdles gave birth to this project: GNU Boot. - -### Our short term plans and need for help ### - -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 need help -from the wider community to inform people about the inclusion of -nonfree software in the Libreboot releases. - -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. - -You can also help our project by informing people about GNU boot or -other 100% free boot 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 GNU Boot project. They will also review patches -sent to the mailing list. - -Several organizations and people have already offered help for testing -the first release candidate. - -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. diff --git a/site/index.texi b/site/index.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..69fa1f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/site/index.texi @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +@node Top +@top top + +@subsection Free + +@node What is this? +@subsection What is this? +@anchor{#what-is-this} +GNU Boot is a free software project aimed at replacing the proprietary +boot firmware that comes with computers with free boot software. + +@node How this project came to exist +@subsection How this project came to exist +@anchor{#how-this-project-came-to-exist} +We believe computer users deserve to control all the software they run. +This belief is the key principle of the Free Software Movement, and was +the motive for developing the GNU operating system and starting the Free +Software Foundation. We believe computer user freedom is a crucial human +rights. + +In order to achieve our goal, it is crucial that we call a program +``free'' or ``libre'' only when it is indeed free in its entirety. When +we talk about specific programs, we must not muddle the facts about what +is free and what is not. If people start referring to a progran 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 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 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, that after some hurdles gave birth to this project: GNU Boot. + +@node Our short term plans and need for help +@subsection Our short term plans and need for help +@anchor{#our-short-term-plans-and-need-for-help} +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 need help from +the wider community to inform people about the inclusion of nonfree +software in the Libreboot releases. + +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. + +You can also help our project by informing people about GNU boot or +other 100% free boot 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 GNU Boot project. They will also review patches sent +to the mailing list. + +Several organizations and people have already offered help for testing +the first release candidate. + +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.