[coreboot] [patch][v2] AMD Fam10 rev B3 microcode patches
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Tue Jul 29 00:54:39 CEST 2008
On 23.07.2008 17:55, Marc Jones wrote:
> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>> On 22.07.2008 20:39, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>>> On 22.07.2008 19:56, Marc Jones wrote:
>>>> Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>>> + (c) Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2004-2008
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + The enclosed microcode is intended to be used with AMD
>>>>>> + Microprocessors. You may copy, view and install the
>>>>>> + enclosed microcode only for development and deployment of
>>>>>> + firmware, BIOS, or operating system code for computer
>>>>>> + systems that contain AMD processors. You are not
>>>>>> + authorized to use the enclosed microcode for any other
>>>>>> + purpose.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I trust that AMD is not going to hunt us down if we check out the
>>>>> complete svn tree (copy) with the intent to develop for non-AMD
>>>>> systems.
>>>>> Still, the legalese feels a bit weird.
>>>>>
>>>> You bring this up every time I update microcode patches. This has been
>>>> worked out in the past. The statement seems very straight forward to
>>>> me (but I am not a lawyer).
>>>>
>>> I wish to apologize. I can't seem to remember having made a similar
>>> statement in the past, but I'm not going to object the inclusion of
>>> this
>>> code. Go ahead.
>>>
>> I think I dug up the license objection you're referring to and it was
>> made by Stefan.
>> http://coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2008-April/033624.html
>>
>> Anyway, you made the intent clear and I won't complain in the future.
>>
> Seems that I am the one that needs to apologize. I thought you had
> brought this up before. I am sorry for blaming you for something you
> hadn't done.
No offense taken. I'm happy the situation is resolved.
Regards,
Carl-Daniel
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