source code intel alder lake cpu

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tonlee
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A rejoint: 09/08/2014

https://thehackernews.com/2022/10/intel-confirms-leak-of-alder-lake-bios.html

Can this provide a free software computer? Discard
the legal implications.

jxself
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A rejoint: 09/13/2010

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.

tonlee
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A rejoint: 09/08/2014

> 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.

andyprough
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A rejoint: 02/12/2015

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.

tonlee
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A rejoint: 09/08/2014

> put pressure on Intel to go ahead and release the code under a free software license.

Why is that putting pressure on intel?

andyprough
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A rejoint: 02/12/2015

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.

prospero
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A rejoint: 05/20/2022

They must now be under tremendous pressure to launch a retaliatory ransomware strike, in order not to be outclassed by Nvidia: "the threat actor later claimed that the company [Nvidia] had launched a retaliatory ransomware strike to prevent the release of the stolen data." Note that it must be horribly frightening for a threat actor to know that they are living under the permanent threat of a retaliatory ransomware strike.

Of course, they may also have made up that story to teach people to always backup their data. The original article about the Nvidia leak says: "On top of that, the group also alleged that NVIDIA had hacked back and encrypted the plundered data with ransomware, adding it eventually recovered the files from a backup." Phew!

Breaking laws is arguably not helping any cause. Changing them is not always easy, as the initiative around the new Chilean constitution showed, but historical struggles to reverse oppressive systems through legal means often had humble beginnings. 111 votes may be the first steps on a long road to success.

prospero
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A rejoint: 05/20/2022

I forgot to mention the source for the outcome of the initiative to enshrine software freedom in the new Chilean constitution: https://web.archive.org/web/20220412092132/https://plataforma.chileconvencion.cl/m/iniciativa_popular/detalle?id=46138.

In other old legal news, https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1273/2022 says: "2022-02-16 - House - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/16/2022 House Journal 3". The Citizens Count "How to read a bill status" says: "Inexpedient to Legislate: This status means the House or Senate voted to kill the bill."

I guess nobody was expecting these attempts to turn into immediate success, but it is always better to keep spreading information to the general public rather than letting the usual suspects control the narrative about "bad actors", "hackers" and how to actually protect users against malware.