Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755369AbZCaIVB (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:21:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751021AbZCaIUn (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:20:43 -0400 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:44165 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750789AbZCaIUl convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:20:41 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,451,1233561600"; d="scan'208";a="126014952" From: "Cihula, Joseph" To: James Morris CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "mingo@elte.hu" , "arjan@linux.intel.com" , "chrisw@sous-sol.org" , "jbeulich@novell.com" , "peterm@redhat.com" , "Wei, Gang" , "Wang, Shane" Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:20:37 -0700 Subject: RE: [RFC v2][PATCH 0b/1] intel_txt: Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology support for Linux - Details Thread-Topic: [RFC v2][PATCH 0b/1] intel_txt: Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology support for Linux - Details Thread-Index: Acmxzl3THu+xsCAlT2u7QiDWgmxMnwACmjfw Message-ID: <4F65016F6CB04E49BFFA15D4F7B798D99469C2B0@orsmsx506.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <49D1A6A5.8080501@intel.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1415 Lines: 33 > From: James Morris [mailto:jmorris@namei.org] > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:00 AM > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Joseph Cihula wrote: > > > - If tboot determines that the system does not support Intel TXT or is not > > configured correctly (e.g. the SINIT AC Module was incorrect), it will > > directly launch the kernel with no changes to any state. > > AC means "authenticated code", right? Right. > How readily can these be redistributed? The license says: > > "... you may make a reasonable number of copies of the Software for > internal use only, subject to these conditions: > 1. You may not copy, modify, rent, sell, distribute, externally display, > externally perform or transfer any part of the Software except as provided > in this Agreement, and you agree to prevent unauthorized copying of the > Software. " > > which seems to limit the ability of distributions to include the modules, > in case they're redistributed. We will be updating the license, shortly, to one that allows re-distribution. We are in the process of validating new versions of all of the modules and will update the licenses when we update the ACMs. Joe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/