Hello All, Thanks for your response. Yes I am aware of GPL and I would assume the commerical Linux BIOS distribution would submit the code back to the repo for any fixes/enhancements.
Regards, Phani On Jan 14, 2008 7:48 PM, Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 09:26:27PM -0500, Ward Vandewege wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:58:07AM +0100, Peter Stuge wrote: > > > Note that it's not really legally possible to sell you a firmware > > > based on coreboot > > > > That's not correct. It's perfectly possible and allowed. It's just > > that the source also needs be provided (as per the requirements of > > the GPL), and that nobody can stop you - the customer - from > > redistributing that source code under the GPL. > > Thanks for the correction! > > > > So what Peter is saying here, I think, is that it is difficult to > > charge for software under the GPL because your price point can be > > undercut quite easily. > > Well, no, but that is a good point. > > I should have been more clear - what I tried (but failed) to explain > is that it's not possible to sell a coreboot firmware under any terms > like those that traditional BIOS vendors use since their source code > uses a different license. > > I also meant to say that the practical way to "purchase" a coreboot > firmware is to hire someone to write the neccessary code, and that > code will most likely automatically be GPL and so it should be > contributed back into the project repository - meaning that the > paying customer will not get much exclusive in the purchase, except > of course bragging rights and whatever customization benefits that > come from running coreboot on the particular hardware platform. > > > > > - since coreboot is GPL you are always entitled > > > to receive the source code free of charge. > > > > That is actually not 100% correct - see section 6 of the GPL > > Again - thanks for correcting! I only think online distribution and > shall go and sleep now. :) > > > //Peter > > -- > coreboot mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot >
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