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   Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 23-May-2025 13:36:53 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

   https://codeberg.org/canoeboot/cbmk/commit/6577abc60aadc0f40a4b5dd2ad06f827b1dbd132

   Canoeboot 25.06 RC1 coming soon!

   Also I will now import and adapt Libreboot documentation for these added boards, and write a page explaining this change.

   GNU FSDG-compliant Intel SandyBridge, IvyBridge and Haswell support is quite feasible, and has been for years. You can avoid flashing the Intel ME region, instead re-using what's already in the flash.

   Canoeboot therefore does not provide Intel ME firmware. Everything else is fully 100% Free As In Freedom.

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     Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Friday, 23-May-2025 13:39:53 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

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     I could have done this 10 years ago in the Libreboot project, long before it adopted its current policies. The nuance is that Libreboot also tried in those days to adhere closely to FSF RYF. Canoeboot continued that tradition.

     FSF RYF pertains to commercial products, e.g. pre-installed ThinkPads.

     GNU FSDG *only* covers the project, e.g. Canoeboot, and states that said project must not distribute proprietary software, nor recommend or facitilate its use. This Canoeboot change is FSDG-compliant.