Super interessante. Grazie. On Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 11:09 Federico Di Gregorio <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/23/2018 10:35 AM, Davide Prina wrote: > > Su /.[¹] è riportata una notizia alquanto preoccupante per la sicurezza: > > > > Bruce Perens writes: "The Register reports that Debian is rejecting a > > new Intel microcode update because of a new license term prohibiting the > > use of the CPU for benchmarks and profiling. There is a new license term > > applied to the new microcode: "You will not, and will not allow any > > third party to (i) use, copy, distribute, sell or offer to sell the > > Software or associated documentation; (ii) modify, adapt, enhance, > > disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, change or create derivative > > works from the Software except and only to the extent as specifically > > required by mandatory applicable laws or any applicable third party > > license terms accompanying the Software; (iii) use or make the Software > > available for the use or benefit of third parties; or (iv) use the > > Software on Your products other than those that include the Intel > > hardware product(s), platform(s), or software identified in the > > Software; or (v) publish or provide any Software benchmark or comparison > > test results" > > > > Questo cambio di licenza di intel può rendere davvero problematico il > > lato sicurezza per i sistemi operativi distribuiti con licenza libera. > [snip] > > Direi che in Debian la soluzione sarà di avere un pacchetto in non-free > che all'occorrenza scaricherà il microcode dal sito dell'Intel. > > federico > > > >
