0x2D: FSF's Restricted Boot Paper

Show Notes

Segment 0 (00:38)

• Karen mentioned it's useful that FSF avoids preloaded names. Bradley used FSF's criticism of the term “intellectual property” as an example of why it's important to avoid biased terminology. (02:22)
• Karen suggested that listeners may want to read FSF's white paper on Restricted Boot. (04:00)
• Bradley suggested also readingthe Fedora statement and both Canonical, Ltd.statements. (04:37)
• Bradley and Karen mentioned themanyblogpostsMatthewGarrettmadeaboutUEFIareworthreadinginsequencetolearnmoreaboutthisissue. (13:21)
• Bradley mentioned that FSF collaborated with the EFF on the broadcast flag issue. (25:40)
• Alan Cox made some critical posts toward Matthew and the Red Hat policy. (20:50)
• Bradley mentioned this Ancient Aliens from the History channel. (39:15)

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