An FYI from intel.
Thanks, Andrew!
ron
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:12:02 -0800 From: Andrew Kelly akelly@collab.net
To: Ronald G. Minnich rminnich@lanl.gov Subject: Clarification about TianoCore licensing
Ron,
I noticed on the Linuxbios mailing list that there was a misinterpretation of the TianoCore licensing and I wanted to clear it up. In the thread http://www.clustermatic.org/pipermail/linuxbios/2005-January/010286.html its stated:
--------------------------- Grant of License to Use [..] You acknowledge and agree that You will not, directly or indirectly: (i) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the underlying source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of the Software; (ii) modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Software; (iii) rent, lease, distribute, sell, resell or assign, or otherwise transfer rights to the Software; or (iv) remove any proprietary notices in the Software. [..] ------------------
This is correct verbage, but it describes the use of the CollabNet platform that the site is built upon, not the source code Intel has opened up (in other words, CollabNet's Enterprise Edition collaborative development platform is indeed proprietary). However this in no way is related to the code being developed using this platform. The license for each project's codebase is defined on a project-by-project basis, with the only restriction being that they are open source (we anticipate other platform firmware-related projects starting up on the site, both from inside and outside of Intel). Section 3 of the site Terms of Service describes this:
<snip> 3. Other Licenses
This site contains other licenses applicable to content on this site ("Other Licenses"), which are chosen on a project-by-project basis. All content within a project is governed by the license referenced on that project's homepage. All Intel-sponsored projects (as indicated on the project homepage) will be governed by the BSD License from Intel http://www.tianocore.org/intelbsd.html , with the exception of the Fat-Driver project, which is governed by the BSD License (Modified for FAT32 by Intel) http://www.tianocore.org/fat32license.html . All non-Intel sponsored projects will be governed by the license of choice of the project owner, so long as the license is approved by the Open Source Initiative http://www.opensource.org/ .
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Rest assured the Intel code on TianoCore is released under BSD. Sorry for the confusion, and I'd appreciate it if you'd pass this on when you feel its appropriate.
Thanks,
Andrew K.