[coreboot] How to protect binary in flash chip? OTP?

[Persmule]

DRM methods cannot "protect" anything. They can only do harm to end users.

For example, I believe end users have the right to back up the content of the flash chip, in order to reflash it back once the content of the flash gets broken, just as we do when developing coreboot, which will become impossible if copy protection is applied.

As you have said, the problem seems only lying between you and some hardware vendors. I suggest you not let it harm end users of your code.

Please forgive my arrogence, but please, do not harm end users.

On Fri May   6 12:17:51 2016 Persmule <persmule at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for my rudeness, but I do not believe copy protection, or any form
> of immoral Digital Restriction Management is able to be a solution to
> count products.
>
> On Fri May    6 11:39:54 2016 Zheng Bao <fishbaoz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't protect my source. I gave the source to customers. I just want
> > to protect binary. Customer doesnt know how to build.
> >
> > In a business, customer dont tell the correct production amount as what
> > is wrote in the contract.    It is not my fault.
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > > From: persmule at gmail.com
> > > To: fishbaoz at hotmail.com; coreboot at coreboot.org
> > > Subject: Re: [coreboot] How to protect binary in flash chip? OTP?
> > > Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 10:41:44 +0800
> > >
> > >
> > > Don't you feel ashamed to ask coreboot, a free firmware project, for
> > >       copy protection techiques?
> > >
> > > On Fri May    6 08:45:51 2016 Zheng Bao    
> > > <fishbaoz at hotmail.com<mailto:fishbaoz at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> > > > Hi, All,
> > > > Is there any way to protect the binary image in flash chip from
> > > > being    copied? Once the customers gets the image, they can produce
> > > > millions of    board and do not tell me. I just want to know the
> > > > amount of the mass    production.
> > > >
> > > > OTP seems to be a way, but it is not 100%. The data in OTP is
> > > > readable    and can be copied to a new chip's OTP erea.
> > > >
> > > > Do you guys have any more suggestion?
> > > >
> > > > Zheng
> > > >
> > > >
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