Approving accessories is a little tricky. No revision control and no source control. We see this all the time on Wifi modules. Different revision silicon and different silicon all together.
You would need this to be a direct relationship with the supplier of the accessories. And we woudl need to find a away to test hem and stay in step with the suppliers on any changes. We also have the case where the Linux kerenl gets updated every now and then which can lead in some cases to an accessory no longer working. This will take some hard resources to do this correctly. Gerald On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Jason Kridner <[email protected]> wrote: > Only other feedback I got from this on IRC was to not approve any > hardware that required closed source to function properly. Sounds like > a pretty reasonable request. Seems like this is a go. > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Jason Kridner > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been bugged quite a bit lately for permission to use the > > BeagleBoard.org logo on accessories. Some folks have even mistakenly > > applied the BeagleBoard Compatible logo (http://beagleboard.org/logo) > > on packages and this is a no-no. That logo is only meant for people > > doing interesting board spins of their own where they engage Robert > > and myself to make sure the default software image still runs on their > > board and they pay a license fee into the Foundation to hopefully help > > us fund open development and sponsorships. > > > > Anyway, I'd like to try to provide some kind of logo people can use > > for accessories (capes, cases, peripherals, etc.). There is already a > > list, mostly maintained by Gerald, on the wiki at > > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBone_Black_Accessories. This is a > > great place to start and I'll import all of the items listed there if > > people believe this is a useful exercise (and back annotate as well). > > However, making some sort of page on BeagleBoard.org backed by a logo > > people can put on their products and web pages seems like a good next > > step. I'm open to the thought that this is a bad idea or needs > > tweaking, so please review and respond. > > > > http://beagleboard.org/approved/ > > > > Here's my first attempt at "how to get approved": > > > > There's no charge for being "BeagleBoard.org Approved", just a > > verification that needs to happen. There's no promise your product > > will be approved, but we want people to know to use your product if it > > is of good quality and compatibility. > > > > First, you'll need to send samples of your product to Robert, Gerald > > and Jason at a minimum so that they can test compatibility. Jason will > > send you shipping addresses and you can find his e-mail address on > > http://beagleboard.org/about. The product won't be returned because it > > will be used in testing future compatibility as well. > > > > Second, if any software is required to support your product, you'll > > need to make sure it is in the default images built by > > http://bit.ly/beagle-image-builder. > > > > Finally, you should wait to get a confirmation e-mail from jkridner at > > beagleboard.org with a vector PDF of the logo for inclusion on your > > website, package or product. > -- Gerald [email protected] http://beagleboard.org/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
