Proceed to the next paragraph then. ;-) Seth On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 01:19:22PM -0400, Seth Johnson wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:04 AM, nomnex <nomnex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Things have changed. That's a good news (for once). Thanks for the >> > update. >> >> >> Bravo, so apparently there is a leader on this, a free software UEFI >> on its own trustworthy hardware, that hopefully will tell the truth to >> the user about security for the owner of the device, and make >> installing free operating systems non-scary. > > To the best of my knowledge, their UEFI implementation isn't free > software. > > -- > Matthew Garrett | mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > However, more need to follow in the same market (and in providing > > infrastructure for boxes over which owners have root control) so > > System76 does not become a target. Then big shots won't be able to > > turn a practice of holding root on their devices and granting signing > > services to their hardware, into a bogus norm either of a kind that > > says you must have a "license to compute," or of a kind that says > > copyright means you can't parse and process published information, > > that turns it into a prior restraint. > > > > You might have to pay extra at first, but this will make it apparent > > to the world at large that this is the way things should be, rather > > than either of those bogus norms. Then we will have won the entire > > information freedom battle, for us and our grandchildren. > > > > No need for a shim. Use your own chain of trust. No implication that > > anybody must be *forced* to provide devices without Secure Boot turned > > on. The Secure Boot technology is a useful facility. > > > > You need to come to terms with what this new technology means for > > freedom. That does not mean boot on all hardware sold. It does mean > > make sure free software has and supports hardware with UEFIs that > > cater to freedom, and that gives you control over boxes you own. > > > > > > Seth > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
