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Framework Computer Now Sponsoring LVFS / Fwupd Development (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev

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With the Linux Vendor Firmware Service serving more than 135 million downloads for Linux users updating their system and device firmware, LVFS has been working to get more hardware vendors to contribute either engineering resources or directly contributing annual dues as sponsors. Framework Computer is now the first one to have executed an agreement under these new sponsorship efforts.

Red Hat in employing lead developer Richard Hughes has contributed the most to LVFS/Fwupd's success, the Linux Foundation has also hosted the project since it has shifted into their umbrella, AMD's Mario Limonciello is among the significant contributors, and now Framework Computer is a new sponsor to the project.

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[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Given the precedent with Framework: does somebody know if the maintainer of FWUpd is right-wing?

[–] yessikg@fedia.io 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This might be damage control

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Nah. They actually already were a sponsor of it before then. This article is just publishing old information.

[–] percent@infosec.pub -3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

What difference would that make? (I'm not familiar with the precedent, so probably missing some context)

Edit: Downvotes? Was my question (or my ignorance) somehow offensive?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

framework, the hardware company, gave money to nazis who use open source to promote and normalize their divisive ideologies of hatred. of particular note they donated to the development of omarchy, a wildly unprofessional linux "distribution" put together by the fascist creator of ruby on rails

[–] percent@infosec.pub 1 points 2 hours ago

That raises more questions than it answers 😅 I appreciate the effort though.

I run NixOS on a few servers. I remember there being some controversy around them accepting contributions (either money or code — my memory of it is a little fuzzy) from some company that's part of the military industrial complex. Is Framework worse than that?

[–] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

It's to know whether it's still ethically safe to keep using FWUpd or not.

[–] percent@infosec.pub 2 points 13 hours ago

Is it ethically unsafe to use? Do they make money when people use it? Sorry if these seem like dumb questions, I'm surely missing a lot of context

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

No, when the dev was a kid he pushed another kid off the swingset and I'm pretty sure it was racially motivated. Better just move into the woods and use only stone and wood tools you make yourself, just to be safe! Never know who could have done what, the people who are "good" probably just haven't been caught being bad yet.