Coreboot Joins The Open-Source Firmware Foundation

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Coreboot Joins The Open-Source Firmware Foundation

Earlier this year the Open-Source Firmware Foundation was created to help advance open firmware development. Today the Coreboot project has officially joined the Open-Source Firmware Foundation...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-Open-Source-Firmware

[AlanTuring69]

That's cool and all but I'm not sure I want for-profit entities developing my firmware. What's to stop Google from spying on me with this?

[mirmirmir]

Google can't spy you if it is open source, because it would be obvious to everyone that some spying code has been inserted as a part of the open firmware.

ahh yes, android. the most open-source software.

[dlq84]

ahh yes, android. the most open-source software.

You're confusing AOSP with Android that are on the phones. Most of the evil stuff is done by the apps and Google play Services, not android.

I'm not sure if coreboot has any proprietary parts.

[davidhendricks]

That's cool and all but I'm not sure I want for-profit entities developing my firmware. What's to stop Google from spying on me with this?

Next thing you know they'll start sending patches for the Linux kernel. The horror!

[cynic]

ahh yes, android. the most open-source software.

https://source.android.com/

https://source.android.com/license

what is spying you is the Google Services part, which is not open.

[AlanTuring69]

Next thing you know they'll start sending patches for the Linux kernel. The horror!

It truly is a catastrophe. I thought Richard Stalin was the only one outside of Linyos to commit to CVS? Since when have we allowed money to control our security?