[comeonnowreally]

The Raspberry Pi isn't open source. Broadcom only releases their firmware as binaries.

[peter_retief]

I know, it is a concern, the hardware is as open and there is work afoot to release a completely open source pi, not sure how far they have got

[jononor]

No the hardware is not open, there are no released schematics or layouts, and you cannot buy the chips from Broadcom.

[comeonnowreally]

I'd be very surprised if Broadcom released the source code for their firmware. It would probably have to be a complete rewrite from reverse engineered specifications, like the original IBM PC BIOS was cloned. Except a lot more difficult as these firmwares are comparatively huge.

[peter_retief]

I agree, though I did see some interesting projects, I don't have time to get involved though