[LinuxBIOS] UEFI discussion

[Stefan Reinauer]

Hi,

I was about to have a look at implementing UEFI, when I noticed the
following:

I understand that I may download and read the UEFI 2.0
    specification without the requirement of a license, and doing so
    creates no obligations or commitments on my part. I further
    understand and acknowledge that any distribution, additional
    reproduction, implementation or other use of the specification
    requires a license, which can be obtained by executing the UEFI
    Adopters' Agreement.

Reading further, this means I have to pay a yearly (voluntary?) fee to
be allowed to do anything with the UEFI spec.

Is there any interest at all in an Open Source UEFI implementation?

This discussion is popping up from time to time but it is never really
getting forward yet.

What do you think?

Best regards
 Stefan Reinauer

[Ronald G Minnich]

I don't know what to do or say.

I will try to get some info from someone and then get back to this list.

ron

[Bryan E. Chafy]

> What do you think?

IMO, lots of members-only "standards bodies" that should really end
in .com instead of .org

is         reality
----------------------
uefi.org -> uefi.com
vesa.org -> vesa.com
iso.org  -> iso.com
ieee.org -> ieee.com
pcisig.com -> ok
wikipedia.org -> ok, so far

Maybe start by making a new framework that is similar/compatible but not
exactly the same as UEFI.  Call it FUefi or something :)

[Ronald G Minnich]

Bryan E. Chafy wrote:
> > What do you think?
>
> IMO, lots of members-only "standards bodies" that should really end
> in .com instead of .org
> is         reality
>
> uefi.org -> uefi.com
> vesa.org -> vesa.com
> iso.org  -> iso.com
> ieee.org -> ieee.com
> pcisig.com -> ok
> wikipedia.org -> ok, so far
>
> Maybe start by making a new framework that is similar/compatible but not
> exactly the same as UEFI.  Call it FUefi or something :)

I own both openefi.org and free-efi.org

ron

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Bryan E. Chafy  [060517 17:26]:
> Maybe start by making a new framework that is similar/compatible but not
> exactly the same as UEFI.  Call it FUefi or something :)

Been there 12 years ago (actually since the 80ies): Open Firmware and
the industry standard IEEE 1275-1994

Stefan