Hi

I would like to point out an announcement from the Hyperbola website, which I
think may be interesting to report here mainly for the reasons they highlight
about future choices (see in particular the part 'Reasons for this ...' at the
end of the text ... ).

Regards


https://www.hyperbola.info/news/announcing-hyperbolabsd-roadmap/

Due to the Linux kernel rapidly proceeding down an unstable path, we are
planning on implementing a completely new OS derived from several BSD
implementations .

This was not an easy decision to make, but we wish to use our time and
resources to create a viable alternative to the current operating system
trends which are actively seeking to undermine user choice and freedom .

This will not be a “distro” , but a hard fork of the OpenBSD kernel and
userspace including new code written under GPLv3 and LGPLv3 to replace
GPL-incompatible [0] parts and non-free ones [1].

Reasons for this include:

- Linux kernel forcing adaption of DRM, including HDCP [2].

- Linux kernel proposed usage of Rust [3] (which contains freedom flaws
[4] and a centralized code repository that is more prone to cyber attack and
generally requires internet access to use.)

- Linux kernel being written without security and in mind. (KSPP is basically a
dead project and Grsec is no longer free software)

- Many GNU userspace and core utils are all forcing adaption of features
without build time options to disable them. E.g. (PulseAudio [5] / SystemD /
Rust [6] / Java [7] as forced dependencies)

[0] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses
[1] https://notabug.org/jadedctrl/libertybsd-scripts-mirror/issues/5
[2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10084131/
[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/797828/
[4] https://wiki.hyperbola.info/doku.php?id=en:main:rusts_freedom_flaws
[5] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659338
[6]
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3165424/mozilla-binds-firefoxs-fate-to-the-rust-language.html
[7] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=57217



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