From testing the CPU, GPU, Bootloader and all software will run free
software, we are evaluating the WiFi and Bluetooth chips and firmware, this
is an area we have to evaluate, finalize, and test. The mobile baseband will
most likely use ROM loaded firmware, but a free software kernel driver. We
intend to invest time and money toward freeing any non-free firmware.
https://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
I do not buy their "intentions" (last sentence), given the past experience.
The Librem 5 would be the third best choice from a freedom perspective.
After 1) not carrying a tracking device (my choice), 2) Replicant phones
(those sold by Technoethical have Wifi support, but not Bluetooth, neither
GPS although I am not certain the Librem 5 will have it without additional
proprietary software). Like Replicant phones, the Librem 5 will have
proprietary software running on the broadband chip, the master chip. That
proprietary software that may include malware: the security and privacy
promises (thathttps://puri.sm/shop/librem-5/ repeats again and again) cannot
be honestly made.
