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== History ==
Linux-libre was first released by the [[Free Software Foundation Latin America]] (FSFLA)., then endorsed by the [[Free Software Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web|url= http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Linux_%28BLOB_free_version%29|title= Linux (BLOB free version)|accessdate = December 6, 2011|author= Free Software Foundation|authorlink= Free Software Foundation|work= Free Software Directory|quote= [...] in the interest of freedom, we are providing a link to a version of the kernel in which this proprietary code has been removed so that it is entirely free software}}</ref> as a valuable component for the [[List of Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation|totally free GNU/Linux distributions]]. It became a GNU package on March 2012<ref name="gnu">{{cite mailing list |last= Oliva |first=Alexandre |title=GNU Linux-libre 3.3-gnu is now available |publisher=info-gnu |date=2012-03-19 |url=http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2012-03/msg00013.html |accessdate=2012-08-07}}</ref>.
}}</ref> as a valuable component for the [[List of Linux distributions endorsed by the Free Software Foundation|totally free GNU/Linux distributions]]. It became a GNU package on March 2012<ref name="gnu">{{cite mailing list |last= Oliva |first=Alexandre |title=GNU Linux-libre 3.3-gnu is now available |publisher=info-gnu |date=2012-03-19 |url=http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2012-03/msg00013.html |accessdate=2012-08-07}}</ref>.
== Method of proprietary firmware removal ==
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