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SUMMARY:It Takes Time - Building Bridges and Symphony Among Fragmented Ope
 n Source Firmware Community - Lean Sheng Tan
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DESCRIPTION:System Firmware - the most undervalued software component of a
 ny hardware\, is always left behind in the pursue of free and open source 
 software solution that enable us all. Open source firmware made some signi
 ficant momentum starting with coreboot and U-Boot about 25 years ago. In t
 he field of host firmware\, one of monumental changes came when Chromebook
  started adopting coreboot as its host firmware\, bringing a more secured\
 , lightweight\, resilient yet open host firmware to 100 millions of device
 s over the world\; yet - almost rest of consumer laptops are plagued with 
 locked-down and highly restricted of host firmware in their users hand.\nI
 n comparison to other software community such as Linux\, open source firmw
 are community is significantly much smaller\, yet highly fragmented into d
 ifferent community projects which rare interactions with each others\, whi
 le all sharing the same goal - to promote a healthy open source firmware e
 cosystem. In this talk\, we will explore the nature of open source firmwar
 e community - its ugliness and beauties\, the conflicts and compromises. I
 n the mist of all these\, there are many unsung heroes that made huge sacr
 ifices for the greatness of open source firmware community. We will share 
 some behind-the-scene stories\, some cross-communities and collaboration e
 fforts hoping to share knowledge and experience to drive a better open sou
 rce firmware community ahead. In reflecting the past and present mistakes 
 and progress made\, hopefully\, the time has come for us to usher into a m
 uch better open source firmware era - for a more sustainable and transpare
 nt firmware for all.
LOCATION:Main Room
URL:https://talks.osfc.io/osfc-2024/talk/H8KMQT/
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