David Hendricks has posted comments on this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/36328 )
Change subject: [RFC] Documentation/fsp: Discuss FSP-S issues ......................................................................
Patch Set 2: Code-Review-2
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Setting as -2 until the legal section is either removed or vetted by actual lawyers; If we're gonna pour this much gas on the fire we should have a very solid reason for doing so.
I don't have a problem with the rest of the doc - If you want to get everything else in sooner then I recommend splitting this into two patches with the legal section in its own patch.
https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/36328/2/Documentation/fsp/fsp-s_dis... File Documentation/fsp/fsp-s_discussion.md:
https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/36328/2/Documentation/fsp/fsp-s_dis... PS2, Line 173: FSP Creates Legal Uncertainty
Where do you see any speculation?
The heading and the last two sentences, though I suppose some might see them as more of an accusation than mere speculation.
In any case this section is counter-productive. Stick to technical aspects if the intention is to have useful dialogue with engineers about how to improve the situation. Introducing legal speculation/accusations will make it difficult or impossible.
I'm not sure how companies in Germany operate, but in the US discussing such legal matters is usually forbidden and must go thru legal council. I think even the non-legal parts of this document will be difficult to discuss if this section remains. (If somebody accuses my employer of wrongdoing my obligation is to avoid the discussion entirely and let communications and legal teams deal with it)
Can you help me find the right words to express that we aren't sure one can ship coreboot+FSP without applying the GPL's copyleft to FSP (and without violating coreboot author's copyright ofc). Or in other words, how to tell Intel that we are afraid to sell their HW/SW.
IANAL so I can't give you the right words. In the short term you should contact Secunet's legal department to open a discussion with Intel's legal department to address your concerns for selling HW/SW. If Secunet's legal team sees a problem please bring it to coreboot leadership so we can work towards a resolution.