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Re:Intel firmware now unredistributable by OS vendors by ssivark on Monday August 20, 2018 @01:09PM (#17801707)
Please elaborate and provide a source. Searching for "benchmark" on that link did not give any results. (EDIT: Thanks for the downstream comments)
Re:Intel firmware now unredistributable by OS vendors by michaelmrose on Monday August 20, 2018 @01:34PM (#17801939)
From the license included with the archive

"Unless expressly permitted under the Agreement, You will not, and will not allow any third party to

(i) use, copy, distribute, sell or offer to sell the Software or associated documentation;

(ii) modify, adapt, enhance, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer, change or create derivative works from the Software except and only to the extent as specifically required by mandatory applicable laws or any applicable third party license terms accompanying the Software;

(iii) use or make the Software available for the use or benefit of third parties; or

(iv) use the Software on Your products other than those that include the Intel hardware product(s), platform(s), or software identified in the Software; or

(v) publish or provide any Software benchmark or comparison test results."

Full license

https://gist.github.com/fa7012d13ceb0b82521bfac10213ecc6

Re:Intel firmware now unredistributable by OS vendors by precurse on Monday August 20, 2018 @01:27PM (#17801872)
In the license file provided in the .tgz microcode file, under 3. Licensing Restictions section:

> All right, title and interest in and to the Software

> and associated documentation are and will remain the exclusive property of

> Intel and its licensors or suppliers. Unless expressly permitted under the

> Agreement, You will not, and will not allow any third party to

> (v) publish or provide

> any Software benchmark or comparison test results.