Linux Foundation Welcomes LVFS Project

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zigote
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Iscritto: 03/04/2019

https://www.linux.com/news/linux-foundation-welcomes-lvfs-project

"Hardware vendors upload redistributable firmware to the LVFS site packaged up in an industry-standard .cab archive along with a Linux-specific metadata file. The fwupd daemon allows session software to update device firmware on the local machine."

jxself
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Iscritto: 09/13/2010

A centralized place for the distribution of proprietary software? Say it isn't so!

zigote
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Iscritto: 03/04/2019

My thoughts too.

jxself
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Iscritto: 09/13/2010

Some possible GPL violations by the LVFS https://lwn.net/Articles/784441/

nadebula.1984
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Linux Foundation is not "GNU/Linux Foundation". It's one of major enemies to software freedom movement.