Open Source Firmware Debate
Discussions focus on the necessity of fully open source firmware and hardware in devices, with criticisms of products shipping closed-source binary blobs despite openness claims.
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No open source firmware is definitely a no-go
Isnt that the one they promised to open source but are shipping binary blobs instead?
yes, it'd need to be fully open hardware and open source software. What else ? :)
Hardware isn't Open-Source though.
Why should I trust open source hardware / firmware / software?
They're talking about open-source firmware, I would guess.
It seems disingenuous to call it open source when none of the hardware seems to be open source.
This open source hardware requires closed source blobs, so in the end there's not much point in it.
How open is the hardware? Are the drivers open source?
No doubt sent from a device with fully open-source hardware stack, right?