@amszmidt @lxo @janneke @vagrantc I'm not going to argue that RB is a "requirement" (lxo's word) or "essential" (janneke's word) for software freedom, but I am going to argue for "helpful", which is contrary to it being "irrelevant" (ams's word).
As a (former?/AWOL) distro packager for a totally free distro (Parabola), and someone working on RYF hardware:
RB helps/would-help us verify that we are shipping the complete corresponding source code.
(part 1/?)