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Is GrapheneOS not actually FOSS? (grapheneos.social)

submitted 1 year ago by lunar_dust_222@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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In the specified comment GrapheneOS explicitly stated that they have no opposition against non-free binaries and proprietary programs. Doesn't Free software requires it to not host non free binaries? This is not even firmware

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[–] Zikeji@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

The article that user links is referring to GrapheneOS (and other OSS software) as not being "free software" - and they (GNU) delves into it more here.

Basically, GNU is saying software shouldn't claim to be free and open source if they contain non free binaries / other non-free blobs.

The nuances between FOSS and OSS can be confusing. GrapheneOS is not claiming to be FOSS.