Intel To Release Next-Gen BIOS Code Under CPL

An anonymous reader writes "Intel said today that it plans to release the 'Foundation code' of its next-generation firmware technology -- a successor to the PC BIOS -- under the Common Public License (CPL), an open source license, later this year. More than 20 years old, the BIOS (Basic Input-Output System) is the oldest software technology in PC platforms. Intel says its firmware Foundation code, a result of a project codenamed Tiano, 'provides that the successor to the BIOS will be based on up-to-date software technology.' The Foundation code is designed to be extended with new features and services, such as improved platform manageability, serviceability, and administrative interfaces which are too complex to implement in the old BIOS environment, according to Intel."

Re:An ode to DRM FUD

[k4_pacific]

Chances are, flashing your PC with this BIOS instead of the MS approved DRM one will prevent your PC from sharing data with DRMed Windows PCs. So, DRMed if you do, DRMed if you don't...

Re:Great!

[bofkentucky]

Anyone know of a webserver written in Forth, I've go an Ultra2 that needs a bios webvserver installed.

Re:Credibility for Intel

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a box full of Bunnypeople that, one summer, will end up strapped to my car's wheels. For how long, who knows...

I took a couple of them, did that, and after enough miles at high enough speeds, the beans started transferring to the extremities, then pieces invariably went bouncing down the road. As I recall, it took around 100mph.

BTW, I have relatively thick 5-spoke alloys, and 4 of them got either a leg or an arm, and since the weight was mostly centered on on the wheel the vibration was minimal.

Oh, I got the bunnies for free as a kind of spiff from a friend who'd make a vendor's sales rep include them for free with each order. 1% over cost plus bunnies... no wonder that rep left!

Hey, they can't do that!

[Anonymous Coward]

Intel better not release BIOS under a CPL because it is obvious that SCO owns this. Look out Intel, you are now in the viewfinder of SCO.