Re: [coreboot] Libpayload USB support

[Joseph Smith]

On 02/05/2010 10:07 AM, bifferos wrote:
> --- On Fri, 5/2/10, Joseph Smith  wrote:
> > I don't understand why libpayload is BSD and not GPL? It
> > just doe not
> > make very much sense.
>
> It makes perfect sense to me.  This allows OEMs to make closed-source
> payloads for coreboot, something which may have a positive affect on
> Coreboot uptake.

Ok, but I don't see how closed-source can ever be a good thing for 
coreboot. Especially when we boast about our code being open-source for 
the world to see that it has no security concerns....

To me it sounds like an easy spot for an OEM to slip in what ever they 
want...