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Libreboot is such an unfortunate name, as you could also read the name as a library dedicated to rebooting a computer.

It made perfect sense at the time it started.

Hell, even the OpenOffice fork was called LibreOffice.

You could certainly read "libreboot" as "LibReboot" when the project started.

I didn't downvote you by the way, was someone else. I am in holiday in Spain and surrounded by the use of the word Libre regarding libraries and books. So the same thought as your own also crossed my mind.

> the word Libre regarding libraries and books

That's not really "libre", but either libro (book) or librería (bookshop).

You may see libre on parkings [0].

[0] https://www.burguet.es/fotos/cartel_vinilo_retroiluminado.jp...

Thank you

I think they were going for "lib reboot" like "lib c" or "lib x11"

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