Re: [Trisquel-users] AMD's 2016 Linux Driver Plans & GPU Open Source

[nipponliver]

Well the part of the GPUs that are not free are the microcodes. These are  
code for the hardware, such as for how the GDDR5 will work and things like  
that. In other words, technically its more about a hardware issue than a  
software issue. But we still have a license to deal with.
Im guessing they dont want it released only so that nVidia and other makers  
wont be able to "steal" ideas from the hardware by looking at the code.

Had a short "discussion" with someone from AMD and their view was that they  
are doing "open source" not "open source hardware".