Intel-microcode has license that prevents redistribution

~ hucktech

In case technical issues weren’t enough, the lawyers at Intel have apparently made it more difficult for some open source operating systems to use the latest Intel microcode.

https://twitter.com/stevelord/status/1031819787431804928

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=906158

https://bugs.gentoo.org/664134

PS: AMD is apparently still blocked at technical issues:

https://github.com/pcengines/apu2-documentation/issues/75

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