-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/30/2015 10:44 AM, Alex G. wrote: > On 10/29/2015 09:48 AM, Marc Jones wrote: >> Hello coreboot, > > Hi Marc > >> Please limit comments to specific items in this version. If you have >> additions for the next version (if needed), the draft document is open >> for comment. >> >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wMdDUAZR2Z9V7hcs3IhIOqw6sYQxb3vPEmbITTCrOwU/edit?usp=sharing > > That looks pretty good. I think you've done a great job of clarifying > the requirements of ISA vs non-ISA blobs compared to the last version. > I've made some comments on it to ask for clarification about the > versioning requirements. > > While not necessarily specific to this version, are we still considering > forbidding "no-reverse engineering" and "no-modification" clauses for blobs? > > Alex >
No modification will be enforced by the hardware very quickly for critical blobs (it already is on x86); additionally, certain countries like the United States expressly prohibit modification of copyrighted software. The reverse engineering case is also fairly murky in the United States at least; while prohibiting a "no-reverse engineering" clause is a good start theoretically, I don't know if it will actually gain the project anything in reality due to existing law and case precedent. - -- Timothy Pearson Raptor Engineering +1 (415) 727-8645 (direct line) +1 (512) 690-0200 (switchboard) http://www.raptorengineeringinc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJWM5SzAAoJEK+E3vEXDOFbQYQIAJ7doLqNmG1aVDNLwQRyX92U uNa3Hp++AgA3gUuHU77K+zOFTms7bbSRl9fs0Wb4crABK3B7AKkLJF6kgmgHNdkU 6edxW/bR8pkV+DkFQ7X4DtkwU+13N/agFLXT0lmChGor5fEYDNSY2I0CG8YTPyXr /5XuyKnPqyqaHM/fzhONaR9yCmn4ftk2mdm+YJPe+veTG/eWrtllFrx501ql1KFg ECwKTU03EYnc+2qGJF+9zm7inSTEuTOZzLE0MFD/gtfitkcf4MW7WNVYh8YqU/OK Xq6TalKBL5vywoOW1FIKICvYHoWZAApnLZ9p+jmTRM7a0IZwijfeE/iNVzbkvp4= =JalF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
