[Fw_Os_Forum] UEFI license agreement and community-run implementations?

[Doran, Mark]

Answered separately but the short version is the Forum welcomes individual
Adopter Members.  The main reason we put that into the mix is for support of
unaffiliated implementers.

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Cheers,
 
Mark.
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: fw_os_forum-bounces at mailman.uefi.org [mailto:fw_os_forum-
> bounces at mailman.uefi.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Davis
> Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 11:33 AM
> To: Tom Rini; fw_os_forum at mailman.uefi.org
> Subject: Re: [Fw_Os_Forum] UEFI license agreement and community-run
> implementations?
> 
> Tom,
> 
> I suggest you contact the UEFI President, Mark Doren. ( mark . doran @
intel .
> com )  He has the answers.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kevin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fw_os_forum-bounces at mailman.uefi.org [mailto:fw_os_forum-
> bounces at mailman.uefi.org] On Behalf Of Tom Rini
> Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 10:54 AM
> To: fw_os_forum at mailman.uefi.org
> Subject: [Fw_Os_Forum] UEFI license agreement and community-run
implementations?
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> Putting my U-Boot custodian hat on, there are various parts of the UEFI
> specification we would like to implement in our project.  I'm quite glad
that
> the specifications are freely available to read.  My question however is
how
> would the adopter membership agreement work for us to implement any of the
spec?
> Would the people that are writing the code have to work for a company that
has
> executed the adopter agreement?  Or is it possible to have certain
projects
> granted an exemption?  I assume that this question must be settled to some
> degree for the EDK II UEFI implementation hosted by TianoCore.org.
Thanks!
> 
> --
> Tom
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