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Intel Accused of Being an "Open Source Fraud"
Binary-Blob writes "Kernal Trap has an article up in which some key OpenBSD developers accuse Intel of being an open source fraud. The issue stems from the prevalence of firmware 'blobs' in open source projects, and OpenBSD's reluctance to use them unless they are distributed freely and without restrictions. Leading project creator Theo de Raadt offers that Intel should follow the example of other companies in the market: 'Intel must do this firmware grant in the same way that Adaptec, Atmel, Broadcom, Cirrus Logic, Cyclades, QLogic, Ralink, and LSI and lots of other companies have granted distribution firmware to be used by others.' He concluded by requesting that the open source community contact Intel to help get them to change their policies"
Intel is lying...
do !
Or we'll call you really, really, really dirty names.
There, however, seems to be a small hole in the plan
Apparently, they've gone from being "not really open source" to being "an open source fraud". This can be viewed as a progress of sorts and therefore qualifies as news. Hence the new posting.
/. staff shrink to know exactly what the real reasoning was.
At least that's my take on it. We"d have to consult with the
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
As a user of Alyson Hannigan's film products, I demand that she must give me open access to her networking wetware. I represent thousands of nerd, all of whom want this access, and I am prepared to act as a gatekeeper and distributor, conditional only on being given first access rights. I expect this demand to have every bit as much success as Theo's.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
For Theo de Raat to have a "don't be a jerk" campaign is like RMS having a "shave every day" campaign.