Re: RYF can, and should, be improved

[Andrea Laisa]

Hi!

I want to ask: what is exactly the (intel) microcode? Is a program? Is 
it based in a turing-complete programming language or is a gate 
configuration?

Do you think a multi-level RYF certification may be a solution?

Where can we put the line where non-free software is acceptable or not?


( https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-rocket.html )

amreo


Il 05/01/22 03:12, Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss ha scritto:
> Hello everyone.
>
> I'm writing to libreplanet-discuss today, to discuss a topic that I
> believe has not been discussed adequately, in recent years. I'll get
> straight to it:
>
> Some of you may know me as the founder and lead developer of Libreboot,
> a project which provides free boot firmware, replacing the proprietary
> BIOS/UEFI firmware on specific hardware. It is used heavily by the FSF;
> they even run it on the servers which host fsf.org and gnu.org!
>
> Libreboot is based on coreboot. The coreboot project distributes binary
> blobs, which are required on most machines that it supports. Libreboot
> removes those blobs, resulting in only a handful of machines being
> supported, and efforts are made to support more machines in such a
> state.
>
> Until recently, Libreboot did not actually have a formal policy,
> defining specific standards or objectives. It simply defaulted to the
> FSF's own message.
>
> I have now written a formal policy for the Libreboot project:
>
> https://libreboot.org/news/policy.html
>
> I have also written one for my parallel fork that I maintain, based on
> Libreboot:
>
> https://osboot.org/news/policy.html
>
> Both articles talk about binary blobs from coreboot; the libreboot one
> talks about blob deletion, and osboot talks about blob *reduction*. The
> purpose of both projects, is to provide as much software freedom as
> possible to users, within those policies. The ultimate goal: free
> software everyone, available to everyone, without the injustice that is
> proprietary software. The projects differ in their approach, but have
> that some underlying goal.
>
> I call for discussion of the topics presented in these articles. The
> articles also discuss flaws with the FSF's "Respects Your Freedom"
> program, and discusses ways to improve upon it, so as to encourage and
> to facilitate more freedoms for computer users in the future.
>
> Discussion welcome. Please, tell me your thoughts!
>
>
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