Alexandre Oliva (LP09)

Freeing the kernel and the Linux-libre project

History

• 2006 gNewSense's find-firmware and gen-kernel remove nonfree software from the kernel.
• 2007 BLAG's deblob and Linux-libre
• 2008 FSFLA's deblob-check

Be Free!

• FSFLA campaign to promote software freedom and social responsibility as a way to promote free software.

http://fsfla.org/se-libre

Linux is not free software

Includes code without sources, under various licenses.

Network driver with 100+Kb of actual binary executable code with a clear proprietary license.

Another network driver from the same vendor is 300Kb of "data" under a license that allows combination with only the GPL and not other free software licenses.

Liberating Linux

Remove:

• sourceless code
• incompatibly-licensed data/code
• requests for non-free software
• corresponding info from docs
• incomprehensible code/data?

The result is suitable for 100% free systems.