LVFS Exploring Alternate, Open-Source Firmware For Capable End-Of-Life Devices

[Yoshi]

This is a great idea, I really hope they pursue this further. 👍🏻

[Old Grouch]

And if it didn't work something like a law entry ex. "for not anymore supported by vendor must be documented free"

You would also need a royalty-free licence for all 'intellectual property' used by the hardware. There is no point in having the documentation if you can't distribute copies of software which might also include third-party bugfixes or changes.

[Ground0]

And if it didn't work something like a law entry ex. "for not anymore supported by vendor must be documented free"

[Quackdoc]

Boy do I hope we get this, it would be really nice.

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

This would be really cool. Hopefully we come to our senses and also stop soldering storage / RAM, glueing the shit out of batteries, etc., but I know that won't really happen. I just checked for updates a few minutes ago on my kid's old Z440 and there was an update for the Logitech USB unifying receiver. LVFS/fwupdmgr are dope.

[phoronix]

Phoronix: LVFS Exploring Alternate, Open-Source Firmware For Capable End-Of-Life Devices

The Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) with Fwupd for firmware updating on Linux could soon be making it easier to transition older, end-of-life devices off official firmware packages and onto the likes of open-source Coreboot for capable aging PC hardware. This not only would make the system run on more free software but would extend the life of the hardware with firmware updates where the vendor has ceased their support...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LVFS-Alternative-Firmware