[Bug 1773888] Re: intel-microcode & amd64-microcode are in main component but are not free software

Dimitri John Ledkov launchpad at surgut.co.uk
Wed May 30 09:52:13 UTC 2018


*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1738272 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738272

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1738272
   microcode packages, like firmware packages, should be in main

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Title:
  intel-microcode & amd64-microcode are in main component but are not
  free software

Status in intel-microcode package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Quoting https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories

  "The main component contains applications that are free software, can be
  freely redistributed and are fully supported by the Ubuntu team."

  The intel-microcode license includes this nice sentence:

  "* No reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of this
         software is permitted."

  So it's nonfree software.

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