Re: gnu-bios or openbios?

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!
> I was just thinking about the name of this list (and I guess the name of the
> forth coming project)
>
> Well a BIOS certainly isn't Unix, but I don't see how they are at all
> related.
> I think OpenBIOS is more appropreate and sounds a bit better as well.

OpenBIOS would mean something else. OpenBIOS would mean that we
publish our specs, not that we are free. Look at sparc OpenProm.

BAD idea.
							Pavel

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gnu-bios or openbios?

[Stefan Reinauer]

Hi.
> OpenBIOS would mean something else. OpenBIOS would mean that we
> publish our specs, not that we are free. Look at sparc OpenProm.
>
> BAD idea.

I don't really see that. Look at OpenScape. That project was founded to
promote development of the free netscape source. 

Stefan.

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