Re: Microcode license [#3]
Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On the other hand, if we can't modify, what purpose is served > by us distributing it at all? It's available from the Intel > website, right? It's just a file that gets installed by the loader, > right? There's no integration issue. There are two advantages to having it on a CD. Firstly, convenience, particularly for people with bad Internet connections. Secondly, repeatability: people can record that they installed the entire operating system from a particular CD, rather than have to worry about Intel updating its web site so that the same procedure might not work next time. Edmund
Re: Microcode license [#3]
On 01-Jun-01, 16:02 (CDT), Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [No one (other than Thomas Bushnell) is advocating that the microcode > be distributed under the DFSG.] Well, I think I would *advocate* that it be distributed under the DFSG. I suspect that the benefits of doing so are perhaps less, in that fewer people would be able to take advantage, but one of the benefits of open source is the ability to learn from other people. I bet there are many people out there who would very much like to learn how Intel writes microcode for their chips. Of course, some of those people work for AMD. :-) On the other hand, if we can't modify, what purpose is served by us distributing it at all? It's available from the Intel website, right? It's just a file that gets installed by the loader, right? There's no integration issue. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
Re: Microcode license [#3]
On 01-Jun-01, 04:41 (CDT), Giacomo Catenazzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anthony Towns wrote: > > Note that Intel's claims as to what you can and can't do with the > > microcode aren't necessarily legally binding. > > I don't undertand this sentence. The license cannot forbid actions that are specifically allowed by copyright law, such as reverse-engineering (in some countries). Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
