Hosting BSP layers on oe.org?

[Tom Rini]

On 03/21/2011 06:57 AM, Koen Kooi wrote:
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> Op 4 mrt 2011, om 21:30 heeft Tom Rini het volgende geschreven:
>
>> 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.
>
> I reread http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/TSCCharter and it is definitely a TSC issue. So can we move forth with the discussion? The board is still unable to make any progress on this it seems.

OK.  Lets re-start things then.  Can you please start with a proposal 
for the TSC to talk about, with what's been said here / on oe-members 
incorporated?

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Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation