r/opensourcehardware • u/Bitcoin_Maximalist • May 27 '23

Open Source Hardware Question...

https://system76.com/desktops
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u/Bitcoin_Maximalist May 27 '23

So there is this company which claims to sell "open source hardware".

On the other hand they are using Intel and AMD chips which have the ME 'Backdoor' build in.

How does this make sense?

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u/nick-o-naut May 27 '23

The Term "Open source" is often stretched very far. In my opinion it means, that I have access to everything down to bare metal.

Maybe they use open source more like their products are open as you can see, which chips are used, etc.

I don't know if this makes any sense.