Le vendredi 24 novembre 2006 à 19:31 +0100, Petter Urkedal a écrit :

> I think the issue of closed firmware value add boils down to how the
> product is marketed.  We might require that when the OHF mark is used,
> then the company must distinguish the features provided by the hardware
> from those added by any proprietary firmware and drivers.  That is, when
> OHF mark is used in marketing, the marketing must be fair with respect
> to the OHF mark.  Otherwise would be misleading advertising.  Once the
> FOSS community has created a firmware/software stack, the implied
> features can be advertised along with the OHF mark.  In practise this
> could be done by requiring that a statement is placed next to the logo
> with information where to find the alternative feature-set.
> 
> > 4. Should the OHF define multiple levels of open? Or just one? 
> 
> Sounds like a good idea.  The marks should look similar to establish OHF
> brand recognition, but with clearly distinct features indicating the
> level of openness.
So, at least three levels of openess:
- documented
- core
- firmware
What is the most important of them ? It seems to be the core level, no ?
What I mean by 'important' is the level which otherwise would have
limited the community.
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