My hope is that the project continues irrespective of its relationship to other organizations. It's pretty damn important.
I don't necessarily agree. Coreboot is important. Libreboot is nice to have.
Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
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Re: Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
#12E-drama aside, this is probably for the better, given the following:
- The developer has sole commit rights against the repo and hence no further would could be done on it without forking.
- The developer's continued trashing of the FSF poisoned the well for any number of people who might have wanted to work on Libreboot, GNU-version or otherwise. The fact is, no one wants to be part of a "contentious" fork.
It's a pity that it came to this, because I think the project would likely have received much more support as a GNU package. On the other hand, the lead developer made it very clear that she no longer wished for it to be a GNU package, and she seems to have devoted considerable time and resources (monetary included) to the project.
So it goes. I say good on Stallman for not using the GNU's muscle to maintain ownership of the project.
Re: Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
#13Sounds like half the story. The libreboot website says that they left GNU to protest transgender discrimination at the FSF.[0] [0] https://libreboot.org/
To make this even more confusing, the FSF disputes that there was harrasment [1] and one Libreboot contributor states that the Libreboot maintainer did not speak on behalf of the whole project [2]. [1] https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-statement [2] http://zammit.org/libreboot-screwup.html
SJW busybody trying to inflate their own PR bubble?
Why does it feel like this is becoming more and more prevalent in FOSS projects?
Re: Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
#14Sounds like half the story. The libreboot website says that they left GNU to protest transgender discrimination at the FSF.[0] [0] https://libreboot.org/
more near a 10th of the story
Neither side wants to put up any substantial verifiable information about it, so there is nothing to talk about on that front.
Re: Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
#15Sounds like half the story. The libreboot website says that they left GNU to protest transgender discrimination at the FSF.[0] [0] https://libreboot.org/
sounds like 9/10ths of the story. the transgender person who left sounded very unstable and unprofessional. Not surprising the organization wanted to completely divorce themselves from someone who acts irrationally.
Re: Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
#16All due respect for Leah Rowe and her work on libreboot, but this kind of drama only hurts the OpenSource (regardless of the name you like to use) initiative.
Stallman did the right thing I guess.
Re: Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
#17Sounds like half the story. The libreboot website says that they left GNU to protest transgender discrimination at the FSF.[0] [0] https://libreboot.org/
more near a 10th of the story Neither side wants to put up any substantial verifiable information about it, so there is nothing to talk about on that front.
It's always interesting how strong of an opinion some people can have about issues that they aren't in a position to comment about...
Re: Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
#18Sounds like half the story. The libreboot website says that they left GNU to protest transgender discrimination at the FSF.[0] [0] https://libreboot.org/
more near a 10th of the story Neither side wants to put up any substantial verifiable information about it, so there is nothing to talk about on that front.
Not sure why this has been downvoted. Neither party in the firing dispute with FSF has gone public, so drawing any conclusions based on the minimal amount of information we have right now is not wise.
Re: Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
#19So, is there any truth to the accusations of discrimination and harassment over at FSF?
Either way this kind of drama would seem par for the course for people who view software development through political and philosophical lenses, but from a practical perspective it makes her mic drop seem a lot more noble if she's right.
Re: Goodbye to GNU Libreboot
#20So, is there any truth to the accusations of discrimination and harassment over at FSF? Either way this kind of drama would seem par for the course for people who view software development through political and philosophical lenses, but from a practical perspective it makes her mic drop seem a lot more noble if she's right.
>Either way this kind of drama would seem par for the course for people who view software development through political and philosophical lenses
If you are a software developer and don't think about the social impact of what you do then you're being irresponsible.