Le 18/03/2017 00:47, Stefan Reinauer a écrit :
- Taiidan@gmx.com Taiidan@gmx.com [170317 23:35]:
I believe it needs fixing - It is a philosophical issue, I mean you have to draw the line or you get the slippery slope for "just a little non-free here for convenience just this once" has lead to most of the community thinking that a system with 100% blobbed hw init is "free firmware" (coreboot just being a wrapper shim loader for FSP in that case) or that linux drivers with a binary blob are "open source drivers". It is a matter of pride.
The linux communities quiet acceptance of things like ME/PSP (ex: why don't sysadmins say no and buy POWER?) - is because of philosophy-slacking.
Nothing about this is quiet. We have been actively working with hardware vendors to open up as much stuff as possible, for a good two decades now.
The reason is not philosophy-slacking. Because philosophy makes you feel righteous, but it does not get any work done. Instead of having this discussion (and making hundreds of people read it) this community could spend the same time making coreboot better and mentoring the corporate community members.
The sooner we get away from an "us vs them" mentality, the faster we can be actually changing things.
Sorry to interrupt. I wanted to pass a word. I agree that the us vs them mentality has to end. Just a thing about philosophy. I believe that it makes you think. If you build a road without a plan, where are you going ? This is just a balance that everyone has to make. Rushing leads nowhere either.
Stefan
I wish you all good continuation. Freely BERNARD