Trusted Boot in Fedora

[Björn Persson]

Andrew Haley wrote:
> What I don't understand is why this feature requires a binary blob.
> Surely whatever northbridge code is required can be free software,
> Is this just security through obscurity?

That's a good question. I get the impression that Sinit (as the blob seems to 
be called) is from Intel. Intel is a hardware company. Selling licenses for 
unfree software isn't their business model, and they're already involved in 
writing free drivers for their graphics and wifi chips. If Intel is pushing to 
have this feature included in Fedora, what prevents them from setting Sinit 
free?

Björn Persson
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