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1. Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 19:56:20 UTC Alexandre Oliva

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   • CPlusPatch 🥰 :ablobspin:
   blobs are nonfree by definition, no source code is available for them. (there could be source code under nonfree licenses, but IIRC the only blobs for which there is source code are some signed SOF, where the lack of freedom comes from the tivoization through the signature checking on the hardware, not the binary program proper; indeed, the unsigned binary runs in freedom on existing devices that do not require the signature)
   decompiling the binary-only ones is tricky, we don't always know the ISA they're built for, some are encrypted, and then, some are digitally signed to prevent modification, so decompiling wouldn't be enough to recover freedom
   • CPlusPatch 🥰 :ablobspin: (cpluspatch@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 19:56:30 UTC CPlusPatch 🥰 :ablobspin:

     @lxo wait

     Is there access to the source code for the blobs
     Can't you just decompile them

     Or are they literal blackboxes?