Hosting BSP layers on oe.org?

[Tom Rini]

On 03/04/2011 10:10 AM, Koen Kooi wrote:
> CC: ing the board, although I know Philip is playing in the snow next week.
>
> Op 4 mrt 2011, om 17:36 heeft Mark Hatle het volgende geschreven:
>
>> On 3/4/11 10:30 AM, Koen Kooi wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if this a pure TSC issue, but really like your input on this.
>>> <TI hat on>  I would like to host the TI BSP layer(s) on oe.org as well as the
>>> mailinglist(s) and patchwork config(s) to encourage the wider community to
>>> participate. My question is "Do we want that" and if so, "Do we want to
>>> encourage it?".<TI hat off>
>>>
>>> It would be really nice if we can get people (e.g. silicon vendors, OEM,
>>> community developers) to do their OE stuff in the open and host them on
>>> oe.org. What's your opinion on this?
>>
>> Speaking for my involvement in Yocto for a small bit.  This was one of the
>> things that we had planned early to enable in Yocto.  We were not sure that
>> purely open source groups such as OE would allow for BSP layers to be hosted
>> from their site or not.  (Especially when you factor in many BSPs require
>> proprietary drivers of some type to be fully functional...)
>>
>> <back to my TSC role>   I would certainly encourage BSP layers under the umbrella
>> of Open Embedded.  But I have a feeling this is one of the questions we need to
>> ask the board about.  They're the ones that are going to give us guidance on
>> what rules (proprietary or not) as well as if they think it's appropriate. -- if
>> they do, we can certainly help guide this within OE.
>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Koen

With my TSC hat on, I also see this as a board issue, not a TSC issue.

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Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation