Hosting BSP layers on oe.org?

[Koen Kooi]

Op 5 mrt 2011, om 01:10 heeft Philip Balister het volgende geschreven:

> On 03/04/2011 01:30 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> He has wifi though :) Don't expect great thoughts from me unless the snow gets crappy.
> 
> I need to think through the BSP issue. I think you guys have touched on the key issues. There is also the issue of control of BSP's. (ie commit access)

Can I get an ETA on when the board will have a decision? I don't like being forced to sit on my hands.


> 
> As OE, we are not dogmatic about being open source purists, so there is room to just make things work in order maximize people ease of using OE.
> 
> Philip
> 
>>> 
>>> 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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