From b924a57fedef2efd30275b64dc4d5dd148193fff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: inference Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:10:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update About webpage from version 5.2.0.100 to 5.3.0.114 --- about.html | 271 +++++++++++++++++------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+), 184 deletions(-) diff --git a/about.html b/about.html index c680139..f50127e 100644 --- a/about.html +++ b/about.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ - + @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ -
Inferencium
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About

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Table of Contents

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About Me

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I am Jake Winters, also known by my pseudonym "Inference", a cybersecurity researcher +

I am Jake Winters, also known by my pseudonym "Inference", a security researcher based in United Kingdom.
I am the founder, lead developer, and administrator, of Inferencium.
All opinions are my own, and are not necessarily shared with projects or people I am @@ -95,170 +77,97 @@ disabled users.
I am also a modular design advocate for the ability to securely and robustly make changes to hardware and software without the entire system being affected.

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If you want to contact me for any reason, you can use my - contact methods.

I run the public Systems Hardening XMPP channel dedicated to systems security and privacy hardening at sys-hardening@muc.xmpp.inferencium.net, and its respective off-topic channel at sys-hardening-ot@muc.xmpp.inferencium.net.

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If you wish to contact me for any reason, you can use my + contact methods.

Licensing

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Inferencium cares about upstreaming and sharing code, strongly preferring licenses which +

I care about upstreaming and sharing code, strongly preferring licenses which have high license compatibility in order to permit sharing code with as many other projects - as possible; for this reason, permissive licenses are our preferred choice, while avoiding - copyleft licenses and other licenses which place restrictions on how our code may be used, - and prevent us from including important proprietary code, such as firmware, which can patch - security vulnerabilities, privacy issues, and stability issues. All Inferencium code is and + as possible; for this reason, permissive licenses are my preferred choice, while avoiding + copyleft licenses and other licenses which place restrictions on how my code may be used, + and prevent me from including important proprietary code, such as firmware, which can patch + security vulnerabilities, privacy issues, and stability issues. All of my code is and will be permissively licensed unless specific circumstances make it impractical or - infeasible to do so. Our goal is to share code which has the least amount of restrictions as - possible, to allow wider propagation of our code and allow more use cases and possibilities, + infeasible to do so. My goal is to share code which has the least amount of restrictions as + possible, to allow wider propagation of my code and allow more use cases and possibilities, as well as ensuring proprietary code, whenever required, is permitted to be included.

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My preferred licenses and rationale for using them are below; any licenses + not listed are chosen on a case-by-case basis.

ISO 5962:2021 is used for licensing, in the format SPDX-License-Identifier: <license>; see the SPDX license list for the full list of available licenses under this standard.

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Preferred

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Code

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BSD 3-Clause Clear License
- SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear -

Type: Permissive

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BSD 3-Clause Clear License - is a highly permissive - license which allows content licensed under it to be - used in any way, whether in source or binary form, and - allows sublicensing under a different license, with the - only restrictions being the original copyright notice - must be kept in order to attribute the original creator - of the licensed content, and the name of the project - and/or its contributors may not be used to endorse or - promote products derived from the original project.
- BSD 3-Clause Clear License is a derivative of - BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License, - which adds - an explicit statement clarifying that patent rights are - not granted by the license alone, and must be granted - separately by the copyright and/or patent holder(s). We - prefer this license over the BSD 3-Clause "New" or - "Revised" License due to this explicit statement which - removes any possibility of debate and misunderstanding - in regards to patents applied to code using the BSD - 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License.

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MIT License
- SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT -

Type: Permissive

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MIT License - is a highly permissive license which - allows content licensed under it to be used in any way, - whether in source or binary form, and allows - sublicensing under a different license, with the only - restriction being the original copyright notice must be - kept in order to attribute the original creator of the - licensed content.
- Due to this license allowing the original project's name - and/or contributors to be used to endorse or promote - products derived from the original project, unless an - explicit statement is made alongside this license, - increasing complexity and deviating from the standard - license text, we prefer - BSD 3-Clause Clear License; - however, MIT License is - a great choice when derivatives using the name of the - original project and/or its contributors is a non-issue.

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GNU General Public License v2.0
- SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only -

Type: Copyleft

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GNU General Public License v2.0 - is a strong - copyleft license which restricts use of content licensed - under it by requiring all source code of the content to - be publicly available, making binary-only form and - inclusion of proprietary code impossible, requiring all - derivatives to be licensed under the same license - (allowing sublicensing under only newer GPL licenses if - GPL-2.0-or-later is specified in the SPDX- - License-Identifier), and requiring the original - copyright notice to be kept in order to attribute the - original creator of the licensed content.
- Due to the restrictive and invasive nature of this - license, it is avoided unless such restrictions would be - beneficial to Inferencium code; whenever this is the - case, the GNU General Public License v2.0 will be used, - rather than the more restrictive - GNU General Public License v3.0, - and relicensing - derivatives under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - will be disallowed.

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Non-code

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 -

Type: Permissive

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International - is a - highly permissive license which allows content licensed - under it to be used in any way, in any medium, with the - only restriction being the original copyright notice - must be kept in order to attribute the original creator - of the licensed content.

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Other

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Code

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GNU General Public License v3.0
- SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only -

Type: Copyleft

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GNU General Public License v3.0 - is a strong - copyleft license which restricts usage of content - licensed under it by requiring all source code of the - content to be publicly available, making binary-only - form and inclusion of proprietary code impossible, - requiring all derivatives to be licensed under the same - license (allowing sublicensing under only newer GPL - licenses if GPL-3.0-or-later is specified - in the SPDX-License-Identifier), requiring the content - to be made available only on systems which allow - modifying the content, such as systems with - unlocked/unlockable bootloaders and/or which are - unsigned by the OEM, and requiring the original - copyright notice to be kept in order to attribute the - original creator of the licensed content.
- Due to the restrictive and invasive nature of this - license, and the fact it requires code to be included - only on specific systems, further restricting usage of - Inferencium code, it is avoided completely.

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Non-code

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Creative Commons Attribution Non Commerical 4.0 International
- SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-NC-4.0 -

Type: Permissive non-commercial

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Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International - is a permissive license which allows - content licensed under it to be used in any way, in any - medium, with the restrictions being commercial usage is - prohibited, and the original copyright notice must be - kept in order to attribute the original creator of the - licensed content.
- Due to the non-commercial restriction of this license - preventing Inferencium code from being used for any - purpose, specifically preventing commercial usage we do - not want to prevent, it is avoided completely.

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Code

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BSD 3-Clause Clear License
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear +

Type: Permissive

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BSD 3-Clause Clear License + is a highly permissive + license which allows content licensed under it to be + used in any way, whether in source or binary form, and + allows sublicensing under a different license, with the + only restrictions being the original copyright notice + must be kept in order to attribute the original creator + of the licensed content, and the name of the project + and/or its contributors may not be used to endorse or + promote products derived from the original project.
+ BSD 3-Clause Clear License is a derivative of + BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License, + which adds + an explicit statement clarifying that patent rights are + not granted by the license alone, and must be granted + separately by the copyright and/or patent holder(s). I + prefer this license over the BSD 3-Clause "New" or + "Revised" License due to this explicit statement which + removes any possibility of debate and misunderstanding + in regards to patents applied to code using the BSD + 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License.

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GNU General Public License v2.0
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only +

Type: Copyleft

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GNU General Public License v2.0 + is a strong + copyleft license which restricts use of content licensed + under it by requiring all source code of the content to + be publicly available, making binary-only form and + inclusion of proprietary code impossible, requiring all + derivatives to be licensed under the same license + (allowing sublicensing under only newer GPL licenses if + GPL-2.0-or-later is specified in the SPDX- + License-Identifier), and requiring the original + copyright notice to be kept in order to attribute the + original creator of the licensed content.
+ Due to the restrictive and invasive nature of this + license, it is avoided unless such restrictions would be + beneficial to my code; whenever this is the + case, the GNU General Public License v2.0 will be used, + rather than the more restrictive + GNU General Public License v3.0, + and relicensing + derivatives under the GNU General Public License v3.0 + will be disallowed.

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Non-code

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 +

Type: Permissive

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International + is a + highly permissive license which allows content licensed + under it to be used in any way, in any medium, with the + only restriction being the original copyright notice + must be kept in order to attribute the original creator + of the licensed content.

Recommendations

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Hardware

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Smartphone

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Smartphone

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Software

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Desktop

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Desktop

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- You can find Inferencium's Gentoo Linux configurations - in Inferencium's + You can find my Gentoo Linux configurations in + my configuration respository.
Type Open source

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Smartphone

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Smartphone

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Music