"100% Free" GNU Boot Discovers Again They Have Been Shipping Non-Free Code

Posted by bob on Oct 20, 2024 3:05 PM EDT
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GNU Boot is a "100% free software project aimed at replacing the non-free boot software" and is a downstream of Coreboot, GRUB, and SeaBIOS. While priding itself on being "100% free", last December they had to drop some motherboard support and CPU code after discovering they were shipping some files that are non-free by their free software standards.

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