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% Formal policy established, regarding Libreboot's zero-blob policy % Leah Rowe % 2 January 2022
Libreboot intentionally de-blobs coreboot, which is to say that in does not include binary blobs. It is a distribution of entirely Free Software and, as such, only supports a handful of machines from coreboot, which otherwise requires binary blobs on most systems. Libreboot's version of coreboot is entirely free, on all supported mainboards.
Libreboot is designed to comply with the Free Software Foundation's Respects Your Freedom criteria and the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG), ensuring that it is entirely Free Software.
Libreboot's operational policy regarding blobs has not changed, and will not change, but it was previously unwritten, relying on assumptions based on FSF criteria. Libreboot's policy is to comply with FSF policy, but there is a lot of nuance involved:
A formal set of guidelines / criteria are now available. They outline, in detail, Libreboot's precise policy, regarding binary blobs.