[lfs-support] Terms of Intel's EULA for Spectre patches

[Paul Rogers]

License Restictions:
"... or (v) publish or provide any Software benchmark or comparison test results."
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[Thomas Seeling]

Hallo,

Post by Paul Rogers
"... or (v) publish or provide any Software benchmark or comparison test results."

since Intel publishes benchmarks by themselves about patch influence I
guess this is a leftover from an NDA of a closed beta test.
German c't magazine has reached out yesterday to Intel to clarify
whether this statement is accidental or intentional.
Debian currently refuses to ship the patches while other distributions
are braver ;)

Tschau...Thomas

[Thomas Seeling]

Hallo,

Post by Paul Rogers
"... or (v) publish or provide any Software benchmark or comparison test results."

Intel has changed the license restrictions according to the Register

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2018/08/23/intel_microcode_license/

Tschau...Thomas