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Since hardware vendors by and large ignore RYF certification and the FSF’s opinions in general, it’s hardly “yielding” for the FSF to change its policies if the existing policies are harmful to the free software community.

The people who are most vocal about FSF’s incorrect views on firmware are those who themselves are bringing free operating systems to new hardware, writing drivers, and reverse engineering hardware and firmware. They are not hostile parties—their contributions are among the most important to free software today, and their opinions should hold more weight.