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ARM Code for Raspberry Pi Goes Open Source (Video)
"The Raspberry Pi project relies heavily on Open Source and Free Software — heck, it's targeted by more than one Linux distro. But some of the hardware stack that makes up the Pi itself needs closed-source code to run; the code that runs all kinds of low-level hardware is often closed source and closed off. I got wind from project instigator and lead Eben Upton that the system-on-a-chip at the Raspberry Pi's heart is about to get a lot more open. Says Upton: "We're about to open source all of the remaining closed source ARM code for the Pi. This will make BCM2835 the first ARM multimedia SoC with a fully-open-source ARM user and kernel implementation." I spoke for a few minutes with Alex Bradbury, who runs the Linux software work for the project, about licensing and what the new code means not only for Raspberry Pi but for users and other OS projects." (Note: the sound quality on this translantic Skype call is poor. We suggest reading the transcript.) Get the code while it's hot.
Whoever modded this down: I wrote the entire build scripts for these, including with the bootloaders, and there are no non-open components required to bring the chips up and use any ARM-related components.
If you're going to implicitly accuse the poster of being a liar by downmodding, please post some counter-evidence rather than just being a jackass.
Sadly it seems the only way to see the video is to use the adobe flash plugin which is not open source. Is there some alternative trick that can be used to see the video with open source software?