On Thursday, March 20, 2014 09:08:18 AM ron minnich wrote:
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:36 AM, mrnuke mr.nuke.me@gmail.com wrote:
BTW, has any manufacturer been hostile in the past in any way relating to coreboot supporting hardware they would rather have kept closed/secret?
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How about, "all of them" at one time or another. One vendor had an internal memo stating that anyone who talked to me (my name was on it) about LinuxBIOS would be terminated.
That seems like a slap on the wrist. Terminating employees rather than taking legal action against coreboot also suggests they might feel they have no legal standing against coreboot supporting more stuff.
I wonder if there's any legal action hardware vendors could take against ODM/OEM vendors who distribute and/or contribute to coreboot. And I don't mean BS lawsuits hw vendors know they'll lose.
Alex