On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 16:27, Peter Stuge peter@stuge.se wrote:
Either way, any leaked Intel code can obviously not be contributed to the coreboot project, except possibly by Intel.
correct, as it should be
Only Intel can publish their code under GPL, if anyone can.
Now that source code for some modern platforms seems to be publically available, actually by far the smartest thing that Intel could do is exactly that - to publish the their source code under GPL.
Anyone interested in the code can get it now, so Intel would be far better off working *with* that community, instead of working against it.
This would be the best outcome based on what is purportedly available. The barn door is open and the horse has bolted, it would make sense to provide pathways to community based projects at this point. Not doing so relies purely on the integrity of community projects that would come to benefit from the data. And not every project out there (or that may start up in future) may have such integrity. And nature abhors a vacuum.
Just want to clarify my position given the replies - my post was meant to be informative of the situation and not in any way encouraging this project to view, distribute and/or include anything from the leak. I was just passing on the news of the situation given the closeness. I probably should have stipulated that, but I figured that as there were no links to actually get the leaked data through the article I sent, that it would take someone going out of their way to actually find the raw leak.