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I maintain a Gentoo overlay that contains a dist-kernel ebuild for the Linux-libre kernel, along with some other software to enhance the libre experience on Gentoo. The Linux-libre kernel is not included in the main portage tree, as the Gentoo developers do not feel the need to maintain such a kernel, because for them installing gentoo-kernel without the linux-firmware package is essentially equivalent to running Linux-libre.
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The motivations of the Linux-libre project are stated on their homepage. I take a pragmatic approach to software freedom, aligning more with the "Freedom Ladder" approach that the Free Software Foundation has been promoting lately.
I have a computer that is fully supported by the libre kernel. Thus, it only makes sense to run such software on that machine. Promoting the four essential freedoms is important, and the libre kernel is one of the ultimate manifestations of those principles.
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