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Michael Larabel reports via Phoronix
Librecore is a new project aiming to be a new Coreboot downstream with a focus remaining on providing fully-free system firmware. Separately, Minifree/Libreboot has been accused (and admitted by Leah Rowe) to not paying a vendor for a completed contract.
Librecore was formed due to "[Libreboot lead developer Leah Rowe] alienating large portions of the community, plus the stagnant and hard to use libreboot firmware and build system." With Librecore, they are aiming to use industry-standard tools and build environments. Another different design decision is pursuing Petitboot as the payload for a more modern and useful interface over GRUB as a payload.
[An] email from [Timothy Pearson of Raptor Engineering, one of the developers involved with the formation of Librecore, says]
We strongly recommend that no person do any business with Minifree or its founder Leah Rowe, as they do not honor their legally binding contracts.
The author notes that Rowe sent him an email that attempts damage control while admitting that she gyped Pearson.
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Wednesday January 25 2017, @05:28AM
I don't see why that is so crazy. According to This page [libreboot.org], a major part of the dispute (Libreboot being included as a GNU project) was not resolved until: 5 January 2017.
That is less than 3 weeks ago.
It makes sense to, at least temporarily, promote a stand made on principle.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 25 2017, @06:15AM
Seeing as joining the GNU Project generally entails assigning copyright to the FSF, the fact that they honored her unilateral declaration that the project had left strikes me as rather magnanimous.