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How can they object to "unofficial" releases of Free (tm) software when anyone can pull the code and build it.

• dcow 3y ago
  Because trademarks still exist. But yeah, IDK why a true free (as in culture) software advocate would care.
  • filmor 3y ago
    Because they'll get the bug reports. It's very annoying having a bunch of "unofficial" releases floating around for a project one maintains.
• slim 3y ago
  it's not even the same code
  • whstl 3y ago
    Well, it is GNU Boot code but rebased from newer versions of Libreboot. GNU Boot seems to be Libreboot with very minor differences (mainly documentation) + removal of binary blobs. Check https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/libreboot-devel/2023-03/threads.html https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/libreboot-devel/2023-0... and https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/libreboot-devel/2023-04/threads.html https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/libreboot-devel/2023-0... to see the patches. There is also a Savannah repository but history does seem to have been deleted: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuboot.git https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnuboot.git