• The FSF's Librephone project

    From LWN.net@1337:1/100 to All on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 23:17:15
    The FSF's Librephone project

    Date:
    Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:11:52 +0000

    Description:
    The Free Software Foundation has announced the launch
    of the Librephone project, which is aimed at the creation of a fully-free operating system for mobile devices. Practically, Librephone aims to close
    the last gaps between
    existing distributions of the Android operating system and software
    freedom. The FSF has hired experienced developer Rob Savoye
    (DejaGNU, Gnash, OpenStreetMap, and more) to lead the technical
    project. He is currently investigating the state of device firmware
    and binary blobs in other mobile phone freedom projects,
    prioritizing the free software work done by the not entirely free
    software mobile phone operating system LineageOS.

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    Link to news story:
    https://lwn.net/Articles/1041952/


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