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 # Code of Conduct
 Dear OpenBIOS project members and other interested parties,

 For the ease of development and for information on what can be expected
 from this project we want to set down the following ground rules in
 order to achieve a high quality implementation of our project
 objectives.

 1. The objective of this project is to develop a free, open source,
 architecture independant firmware implementation following, if possible,
 the IEEE Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware (IEEE
 1275-1994). Including not only the implementation of the standard itself
 but also the required toolkit consisting of a C to FCode compiler, an
 FCode tokenizer and an FCode detokenizer. This toolkit will simplify
 driver and API development implementing ANSI C as the development
 language instead of implementing Forth/FCode directly as suggested by
 the IEEE standard.

 2. We cannot allow _any_ discussion or use of _any_ copyrighted,
 patented, or otherwise protected Firmware or BIOS implementations
 without an OSI approved license in this project or on the mailing list
 associated with this project. All members of this project and/or the
 according mailing lists agree to not disclose or use any copyrighted,
 patented, or otherwise protected information, ideas or concepts.

 3. We do not intend to implement any of the ideas or concepts expressed
 in the current Intel 32bit architechture, except when these are
 necessary to insure the compatability with existing hardware. Such ideas
 and concepts will only be used if such use is not restricted by _any_
 laws, copyrights or patents.

 4. In order to assure truly universal implementation and/or optimize
 the functionality and performance it is our expressed wish to work in
 conjunction with other open source (firmware) projects, such as coreboot
 or U-Boot.

 5. Cooperation with hardware vendors is necessary to implement this
 project on an architecture-independent basis. In certain cases this may
 include signing non-disclosure agreements with the aforementioned
 hardware vendors in an attempt to acquire hardware specific information
 or support that may not otherwise be available although the results of
 such cooperation must be freely redistributable.

 6. Cooperation with any university, research project, or organization
 is desired except in such cases where the resulting information is
 restricted in use or redistributability.

 If, for whatever reasons, any of the above statements are unacceptable
 or seem to be incorrect or unclear in _any_ way please do not hesitate
 to discuss this matter on the mailing list, we are open for suggestions.
 This is simply an attempt to assure the legal status of this project,
 protecting those involved from legal prosecution as well as to state the
 general objectives of the project.

 OpenBIOS development team.
	# Code of Conduct
	Dear OpenBIOS project members and other interested parties,

	For the ease of development and for information on what can be expected
	from this project we want to set down the following ground rules in
	order to achieve a high quality implementation of our project
	objectives.

	1. The objective of this project is to develop a free, open source,
	architecture independant firmware implementation following, if possible,
	the IEEE Standard for Boot (Initialization Configuration) Firmware (IEEE
	1275-1994). Including not only the implementation of the standard itself
	but also the required toolkit consisting of a C to FCode compiler, an
	FCode tokenizer and an FCode detokenizer. This toolkit will simplify
	driver and API development implementing ANSI C as the development
	language instead of implementing Forth/FCode directly as suggested by
	the IEEE standard.

	2. We cannot allow _any_ discussion or use of _any_ copyrighted,
	patented, or otherwise protected Firmware or BIOS implementations
	without an OSI approved license in this project or on the mailing list
	associated with this project. All members of this project and/or the
	according mailing lists agree to not disclose or use any copyrighted,
	patented, or otherwise protected information, ideas or concepts.

	3. We do not intend to implement any of the ideas or concepts expressed
	in the current Intel 32bit architechture, except when these are
	necessary to insure the compatability with existing hardware. Such ideas
	and concepts will only be used if such use is not restricted by _any_
	laws, copyrights or patents.

	4. In order to assure truly universal implementation and/or optimize
	the functionality and performance it is our expressed wish to work in
	conjunction with other open source (firmware) projects, such as coreboot
	or U-Boot.

	5. Cooperation with hardware vendors is necessary to implement this
	project on an architecture-independent basis. In certain cases this may
	include signing non-disclosure agreements with the aforementioned
	hardware vendors in an attempt to acquire hardware specific information
	or support that may not otherwise be available although the results of
	such cooperation must be freely redistributable.

	6. Cooperation with any university, research project, or organization
	is desired except in such cases where the resulting information is
	restricted in use or redistributability.

	If, for whatever reasons, any of the above statements are unacceptable
	or seem to be incorrect or unclear in _any_ way please do not hesitate
	to discuss this matter on the mailing list, we are open for suggestions.
	This is simply an attempt to assure the legal status of this project,
	protecting those involved from legal prosecution as well as to state the
	general objectives of the project.

	OpenBIOS development team.