[coreboot] Proposal: "Freedom level" field for boards supported by coreboot

[Andrés Domínguez]

2017-01-18 23:39 GMT+01:00 Timothy Pearson <tpearson at raptorengineering.com>:
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> All,
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> I've been working on a new way to classify boards supported by coreboot
> based on their freedom level.

Very good idea.

> I uploaded the classification criteria to
> the Wiki here
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> https://www.coreboot.org/Board_freedom_levels

There are a few things that I don't like about your categories,
specially the "scary red Pwned": Don't you think that people reading
the coreboot web page, will think that the "Pwned" are worse than
buying any random board not supported by coreboot, with the same
freedom issues? I would use not colored not named for the last
category. Gold, Silver and Bronze sound good to me, you could always
add Platinum and Iridium if more free boards appear and + or - for
every category that needs subcategories.

I also agree with Julius about the ARM platforms that have not
supported GPU or WIFI. For many use cases GPU is not needed, and WIFI
can be replaced by PCIe or USB one.

Andrés