source code intel alder lake cpu
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https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/intel-confirms-leak-of-alder-lake-bios.html
Can this provide a free software computer? Discard
the legal implications.
If the "legal implications" are ignored then yes it does. In fact it doesn't even stop there: By the same same standard of ignoring legal implications, all software for which a source code exists is already free then because the source code is available, can be changed and further shared. Of course we know that this isn't true - Free software is about being able to *legally* do these things. So in the real world, the answer is "not at all" and probably makes it more difficult.
> yes it does
So a signing key is available and skilled people can
prepare their own bios and get it on the
cpus in question? Technically similar to libreboot computers?
> ignoring legal implications
I know you are right. And you are on the high ground.
I am rephrasing in order to clarify. I should not have
written free software. I should have written, is the signing
key available such that any piece of source
code can get installed on the cpu, discarding any
legal implications?
Some people might want to know.
Maybe it will put pressure on Intel to go ahead and release the code under a free software license. At which point it would be beneficial.
> put pressure on Intel to go ahead and release the code under a free software license.
Why is that putting pressure on intel?
I don't know what would pressure a mega-corporation like Intel to release code. Maybe the fact that it already exists in the wild would push them in that direction. I did say "maybe" in my comment, even though you sliced it from your quote line.
I should know how Intel thinks - I worked for them for a couple of summers during college in the 1980s to run their chip-making machines in their Arizona factory. I did the same for Motorola in Austin. I should know the strategies and planning of all of these companies due to my obvious industry expertise.
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