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@@ -81,23 +81,14 @@ Libreboot gives *you* control over *your* computing. Project goals ------------- -- *Recommend and distribute only free software*. Coreboot - distributes certain pieces of proprietary software which is needed - on some systems. Examples can include things like CPU microcode - updates, memory initialization blobs and so on. The coreboot project - sometimes recommends adding more blobs which it does not distribute, - such as the Video BIOS or Intel's *Management Engine*. However, a - lot of dedicated and talented individuals in coreboot work hard to - replace these blobs whenever possible. -- *Support as much hardware as possible!* Libreboot supports less - hardware than coreboot, because most systems from coreboot still - require certain proprietary software to work properly. Libreboot is - an attempt to support as much hardware as possible, without any - proprietary software. +- *Support as much hardware as possible!* Libreboot aims to eventually + have *maintainers* for every board supported by coreboot, at every + point in time. - *Make coreboot easy to use*. Coreboot is notoriously difficult to install, due to an overall lack of user-focused documentation and support. Most people will simply give up before attempting to - install coreboot. + install coreboot. Libreboot's automated build system and user-friendly + installation instructions solves this problem. Libreboot attempts to bridge this divide by providing a build system automating much of the coreboot image creation and customization. @@ -123,22 +114,6 @@ re-bases on the latest version of coreboot, with the number of custom patches in use minimized. Tested, *stable* (static) releases are then provided in Libreboot, based on specific coreboot revisions. -Coreboot is not entirely free software. It has binary blobs in it for some -platforms. What Libreboot does is download several revisions of coreboot, for -different boards, and *de-blob* those coreboot revisions. This is done using -the *linux-libre* deblob scripts, to find binary blobs in coreboot. - -All new coreboot development should be done in coreboot (upstream), not -libreboot! Libreboot is about deblobbing and packaging coreboot in a -user-friendly way, where most work is already done for the user. - -For example, if you wanted to add a new board to libreboot, you should -add it to coreboot first. Libreboot will automatically receive your code -at a later date, when it updates itself. - -The deblobbed coreboot tree used in libreboot is referred to as -*coreboot-libre*, to distinguish it as a component of *libreboot*. - LICENSE FOR THIS README: GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 as published by the Free Software Foundation, with no invariant sections, no front cover texts and no back cover texts. If |