The new project is LibrePhone:
> Librephone is a new initiative by the FSF to bring full computing freedom to mobile computing environments. The LibrePhone Project is a partnership with Rob Savoye, a developer who has worked on free software (including the GNU toolchain) since the 1980.
I found very little info about it online. There is this github org:
which mirrors PostMarketOS: https://github.com/LibrePhone/pmOS, 'The Linux distribution for mobile devices and beyond…'
I found very little info about it online. There is this github org:
Probably not related, it's unlikely that the FSF would host anything on GitHub.
The fact that the FSF doesn't even seem to have a web page on their own site describing LibrePhone leaves me with little expectation that this project will succeed. I can't find anything on Savoye's site or socials either.
"should they just donate to postmarketos" is the sort of obvious followup
> a developer who has worked on free software (including the GNU toolchain) since the 1980
Can they really not find ANYONE outside their bubble? A phone lives and dies by its UI and they pick someone who primarily does toolchain/CLI work? I don't get it.
Based on the livestream, the project is for Rob to find the freest Android ROM and phone and then reverse engineer the proprietary bits to the FSF's standards. Not very well communicated, but he seems qualified to do that.