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Open-source champion Bruce Perens has called out Intel for adding a new restriction to its software license agreement along with its latest CPU security patches to prevent developers from publishing software benchmark results.
The new clause appears to be a move by Intel to legally gag developers from revealing performance degradation caused by its mitigations for Spectre and Foreshadow or 'L1 Terminal Fault' (L1FT) flaw speculative attacks.
"You will not, and will not allow any third party to ... publish or provide any software benchmark or comparison test results," Intel's new agreement states .
[...] Another section of the license blocking redistribution appears to have caused maintainers of Debian to withhold Intel's patch too , as reported by The Register.
[...] Updated 12:15pm ET, August 23 2018: An Intel spokesperson responded: "We are updating the license now to address this and will have a new version available soon. As an active member of the open-source community, we continue to welcome all feedback."
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday August 23 2018, @10:46PM (1 child)
I prefer AMD too, but this just sounds pathetic.
When AMD ditches the backdoor(s) (that you know about), then you can have some pride in your choice.
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(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Thursday August 23 2018, @11:07PM
And that's an inspired consideration there. You know what AMD wants to be able to do and get away with, because they are doing it and pretty much getting away with it.
Even if the tide turns and they have to backpedal and at least make the rootkit-backdoor system an optional/extra, how could you trust them when they say "Sure, all of our chips had backdoor rootkits before, but now, *this one* totally doesn't."