[Libreboot-dev] [PATCH 5/5] docs: Make the C201 hcl page more factual (with corrections), without ordering users

[Paul Kocialkowski]

This rewrites parts of the C201 hcl page in more factual ways. This adds details
about the relationship between Google's Chromebook-related decisions and free
software, without giving a too strong opinion about Google given that it's a
company so big that it makes little sense to judge it as a whole.

Also, a few sentences were rewritten to not tell users what to do or what to
think, but to inform them about the current problems and solutions when it comes
to running the device with free software.

Signed-off-by: Paul Kocialkowski <address@hidden>
---
 docs/hcl/c201.html | 31 +++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/hcl/c201.html b/docs/hcl/c201.html
index 3bcdf32..ab51a96 100644
--- a/docs/hcl/c201.html
+++ b/docs/hcl/c201.html
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
 
        <div class="section">
                <ul>
-                       <li><a href="#googlebastards">Google is bad. We do not 
endorse them.</a></li>
-                       <li><a href="#os">Replace ChromeOS immediately!</a></li>
-                       <li><a href="#videoblobs">Caution: Video acceleration 
requires a blob. Do not install it. Use software rendering.</a></li>
-                       <li><a href="#wifiblobs">Caution: WiFi requires a blob. 
Do not install it. Use a USB dongle.</a></li>
+                       <li><a href="#googlesintent">Google's intent with 
Chromebooks</a></li>
+                       <li><a href="#os">Considerations about ChromeOS and 
free operating systems</a></li>
+                       <li><a href="#videoblobs">Caution: Video acceleration 
requires a non-free blob, software rendering can be used instead.</a></li>
+                       <li><a href="#wifiblobs">Caution: WiFi requires a 
non-free blob, a USB dongle can be used instead.</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#ec">EC firmware is free software!</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#microcode">No microcode!</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#depthcharge">Depthcharge payload</a></li>
@@ -63,11 +63,14 @@
        </div>
        
        <div class="section">
-               <h1 id="googlebastards">Google is bad. We do not endorse 
them.</h1>
+               <h1 id="googlesintent">Google's intent with Chromebooks</h1>
                        <p>
-                               It's merely a coincidence that libreboot can 
support this hardware, with some issues (see sections below).
-                               While Google does hire a lot of coreboot 
developers, it's not the case that these laptops can be used
-                               in freedom (libreboot) because Google cares 
about user freedom. It's just a lucky coincidence. Nothing more.
+                               Chromebooks were not designed with the intent 
of bringing more freedom to users.
+                               However, Chromebooks run with a lot of free 
software at the boot software and embedded controller levels,
+                               since free software gives Google enough 
flexibility to optimize various aspects such as boot time
+                               and most importantly, to implement the 
Chromebook security system, that involves various aspects of the software.
+                               Google does hire a lot of Coreboot developers, 
who are generally friendly to the free software movement
+                               and try to be good members of the free software 
community, by contributing code back.
                        </p>
                        <p>
                                Chromebooks are designed (from the factory) to 
actually coax the user into using
@@ -90,10 +93,10 @@
        </div>
 
        <div class="section">
-               <h1 id="os">Replace ChromeOS immediately!</h1>
+               <h1 id="os">Considerations about ChromeOS and free operating 
systems</h1>
                        <p>
                                This laptop comes preinstalled (from the 
factory) with Google ChromeOS. This is a GNU/Linux distribution, but it's not 
general purpose
-                               and it comes with proprietary software. It's 
designed for <i><a 
href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html";>SaaSS</a></i>.
 Libreboot recommends that all users of this laptop replace it with another 
distribution.
+                               and it comes with proprietary software. It's 
designed for <i><a 
href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html";>SaaSS</a></i>.
 Libreboot recommends that users of this laptop replace it with another 
distribution.
                        </p>
                        <h2>No FSF-endorsed distros available</h2>
                                <p>
@@ -114,7 +117,7 @@
        </div>
 
        <div class="section">
-               <h1 id="videoblobs">Caution: Video acceleration requires a 
blob. Do not install it. Use software rendering.</h1>
+               <h1 id="videoblobs">Caution: Video acceleration requires a 
non-free blob, software rendering can be used instead.</h1>
                        <p>
                                The lima driver source code for the onboard 
Mali GPU is not released. The developer withheld it for personal reasons.
                                Until that is released, the only way to use 
video (in freedom) on this laptop is to not have video acceleration, by
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@
                        </p>
                        <p>
                                In practise, this means that certain things 
like games, blender and GNOME shell (or other fancy desktops) won't work well.
-                               The libreboot project recommends a lightweight 
desktop which does not need video acceleration, such as <i>LXDE</i>.
+                               The libreboot project recommends a lightweight 
desktop which does not need video acceleration, such as <i>XFCE</i> or 
<i>LXDE</i>.
                        </p>
                        <p>
                                The lima developer wrote this blog post, which 
sheds light on the story:
@@ -134,13 +137,13 @@
                        </p>
        </div>
        <div class="section">
-               <h1 id="wifiblobs">Caution: WiFi requires a blob. Do not 
install it. Use a USB dongle.</h1>
+               <h1 id="wifiblobs">Caution: WiFi requires a non-free blob, a 
USB dongle can be used instead.</h1>
                        <p>
                                These laptops have non-removeable (soldered on) 
WiFi chips, which require non-free firmware in the Linux kernel
                                in order to work.
                        </p>
                        <p>
-                               The libreboot project recommends that you use 
an external USB wifi dongle that works
+                               The libreboot project recommends using an 
external USB wifi dongle that works
                                with free software. See <a 
href="index.html#recommended_wifi">index.html#recommended_wifi</a>.
                        </p>
                        <p>
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