U-Boot has joined Software Freedom Conservancy

[Software Freedom Conservancy]

	U-Boot has joined Software Freedom Conservancy

URL: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/29/u-boot-has-joined-sfc/

Social media:
  https://social.sfconservancy.org/notice/B1kJZvG59Fg6JqyHHU

We're so happy to announce that Das U-Boot [0], the Universal
Bootloader, will be joining SFC! U-Boot is the most popular
generic-purpose bootloader and is critical to ensuring that devices
remain as open and free as possible. U-Boot has been essential for
embedded linux products and is the de facto standard across various
processor architectures.

At over 26 years old, U-Boot is a prime example of free software
evolving with the times. Various version control systems, testing
systems, and build systems have changed and modernized over the years.
With a community of various hobbyists and corporate developers, the
dedicated team has produced incredibly high quality releases for years.

Tom Rini, a member of the new Project Leadership Committee and longtime
leader in the U-Boot community commented "I am personally very proud of
this moment. As a project, many of our biggest challenges stem from
organizations wanting to help us, but needing an organization that
represents U-Boot to work with. SFC's mission aligns very well with our
project goals and helps us ensure a long and successful future for the
project."

"U-Boot had always been a very critical piece of software for all
projects I worked on, and as a contributor and subsystem maintainer I'm
happy to join the Project Leadership Committee and help tackle the
challenges of joining SFC to ensure a successful future for the project"
Says Neil Armstrong, another member of the PLC and Senior Software
Engineer, Linaro Limited

"U-Boot has been Foundational Bootloader Strategy for Texas Instruments
Embedded Processors for decades . We recognize the critical importance
of infrastructure that enables community and strongly support U-Boot to
move under the umbrella of Software Freedom Conservancy." Says Syed
Mohammed Khasim, Director Open Source Software, Texas Instruments Inc (a
sponsor of the project)

SFC has a fundraising match challenge going on right now, so by donating
or becoming a sustaining member [1], your money will count twice! Your
contributions are what enable us to support this wide range of
initiatives to preserve and grow software freedom for all.

[0] https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/
[1] https://sfconservancy.org/sustainer/