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And FSF has a history of creating important OS level software.

> the results can hopefully be used by non-Android [GNU/]Linux distros That was stated as a goal at the FSF 40 event, videos of which should be online in the next few days.

As the first project FSF has launched in years with a current budget of one developer I expect they will be happy to spend new donations on further funding for it. However, it is v…

Proprietary software is a societal ill, like spyware is. Getting people to understand that will be similar to when societies have figured out other things are wrong, like child lab…

The government arguments against encryption are so ridiculous, but we need articulate explanations like this to help refute them. They remind me of things like: if you don't vote t…

> Making it inaccessible to tinkering is strictly worse for the user in all respects. "all respects" is wrong. It also makes it so the proprietary developer can't say "here is a ne…

If you try to pin down someone on the fly who is publicly advocating for something on what exceptions are ok, expect them to be stubborn. But there is a lot of pragmatism at work. …

> ... but you can modify the base version. There is some read-only memory that contains the base version. It is executed on boot. You can tell the cpu to run a different version by…

> To do my job and boot my laptop nonguix is required but not even allowed to talk about it with the OS it intends to support, is not something I can agree with The OS isn't a pers…

Yes. Pinebook pro has one or more other blobs and they are for more significant functionality.

> You already accepted it when you bought the CPU and it came with the base version. No, that is a version you can't physically modify. The other version is one you can't modify be…

About the microcode: the argument is basically "It is good nonfree software, just give up and accept it." Sorry? This is FSF. And no, it is not always good: https://www.theregister…

It has one tiny blob for ram initialization, people are looking into removing it. It may become RYF certified. Freedom wise, it is the best modern laptop.

The malicious/abusive parts of nonfree software are almost always tied to it's updatability. Avoiding updatable nonfree software prevents users from entering into an abusive relati…

And if free software existed for any of those chips, FSF would require it. If there is any room for consistency in the criteria, it would be to deal with the fact that some of the …

> Not when you can literally flash these devices from scratch (DFU mode) using a public OS image from Apple. That guarantees any preinstalled backdoors go away, since it's a comple…

Unpublished CLA is a no go. I assume the CLA says you can distribute my code under a proprietary license. Nope, nope, nope. Fix that, then I'll take a look.

Look, its all very simple, "firmware that is not normally changed is ethically equivalent to circuits" https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/applying-free-sw-criteria.htm... Ya, monitors …

> only they can theoretically (though as I said, in practice detectably) backdoor your laptop No, no no. This is wrong. You don't need a nested hypervisor to make an undetectable b…

> the BS the FSF spits out The whole article didn't mention even one concrete thing the FSF has said wrong, it just slanders them several times. No wonder it says to the FSF "don't…

> Torvalds chose method 1; Huh? Torvalds never intended to create an operating system, just a kernel, and that is true to this day.

The fact that the post does not link to https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.en.html , makes it immediately suspect. That is a necessary resource to consult when talking about the…

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> Electron was not considered Free Software by the Free Software Foundation. That is not true. The link shows that a volunteer on the free software directory labeled it as nonfree …