Libreboot Creator Says After Coding a Fork for GNU Boot Project, FSF Sent a Cease-and-Desist Letter Over Its Name - Slashdot

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Libreboot is a distribution of coreboot "aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware contained by most computers," according to Wikipedia . It was briefly part of the GNU project, until maintainer Leah Rowe and the GNU project agreed to part ways in 2017 But here in 2023, the GNU project has created a fork of Libreboot named GNU Boot... The GNU Boot fork "currently does not have a website and does not have any releases of its own," points out Libreboots Leah Rowe , adding "My intent is to help them, and they are free — encouraged — to re-use my work... " But things have gotten messy, writes Rowe:

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