Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot
by lodovic on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:29AM
(#36928450)
How can they object to "unofficial" releases of Free (tm) software when anyone can pull the code and build it.
Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot
by dcow on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:59AM
(#36928597)
Because trademarks still exist. But yeah, IDK why a true free (as in culture) software advocate would care.
Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot
by filmor on Sunday July 30, 2023 @03:45AM
(#36928835)
Because they'll get the bug reports. It's very annoying having a bunch of "unofficial" releases floating around for a project one maintains.
Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot
by slim on Sunday July 30, 2023 @07:37AM
(#36930122)
it's not even the same code
Re:GNU Boot sent a cease and desist to Libreboot
by whstl on Sunday July 30, 2023 @07:58AM
(#36930277)
Well, it is GNU Boot code but rebased from newer versions of Libreboot.
GNU Boot seems to be Libreboot with very minor differences (mainly documentation) + removal of binary blobs.
Check https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/libreboot-devel/2023-0... and https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/libreboot-devel/2023-0... to see the patches.
There is also a Savannah repository but history does seem to have been deleted: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuboot.git
EDIT: Courtesy of user jbit¹, this is the aforementioned web page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230719185342/https://libreboot...
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36927233