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Intel To Release Next-Gen BIOS Code Under CPL
An anonymous reader writes "Intel said today that it plans to release the 'Foundation code' of its next-generation firmware technology -- a successor to the PC BIOS -- under the Common Public License (CPL), an open source license, later this year. More than 20 years old, the BIOS (Basic Input-Output System) is the oldest software technology in PC platforms. Intel says its firmware Foundation code, a result of a project codenamed Tiano, 'provides that the successor to the BIOS will be based on up-to-date software technology.' The Foundation code is designed to be extended with new features and services, such as improved platform manageability, serviceability, and administrative interfaces which are too complex to implement in the old BIOS environment, according to Intel."
Oh yes, sure it will offer complete support in adding EFI boot support.
Only to open up a web page where you can fill in you credit-card number !
DRM does not prevent data sharing. It prevents you from sharing data which you don't have the authority to share.
Nothing about DRM will prevent musicians from creating music and giving it to the world. Nothing about DRM will prevent programmers from writing code and giving it to the world.
All DRM blocks is the illicit spread of data against the owner's wishes, which is hardly an essential function of any society or system.