With the Linux Vendor Firmware Service serving more than 135 million downloads for Linux users updating their system and device firmware, LVFS has been working to get more hardware vendors to contribute either engineering resources or directly contributing annual dues as sponsors. Framework Computer is now the first one to have executed an agreement under these new sponsorship efforts.
Red Hat in employing lead developer Richard Hughes has contributed the most to LVFS/Fwupd’s success, the Linux Foundation has also hosted the project since it has shifted into their umbrella, AMD’s Mario Limonciello is among the significant contributors, and now Framework Computer is a new sponsor to the project.
or… you could buy used or third party refurbished. there’s so much equipment out there for the having that’s totally usable for most people. which is consistent with what i said before. if you absolutely must buy new, yeah, make appraisal of the ethical contributions to the world of what’s available, but yeah. all these companies are evil so buying pre-owned equipment limits how much they can exploit us, which is why i said that before