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That language is likely derived from a path similar to this: "Marketing department" -- We are sick of seeing the world complain that our patches to these probl
by pwg 8y ago
That language is likely derived from a path similar to this:
"Marketing department" -- We are sick of seeing the world complain that our patches to these problems reduce performance by X percent. Hey "Legal Dept", can anything be done about that?
"Legal Dept" -- We will see what we can do...
Result, a new clause appears in the license file that says "no bench-marking".
With no one in the path ever having heard of the Streisand effect (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect) (yes, Streisand effect is not a perfect fit here, but the 'publicity' part of the effect is what in fact has occurred).
- Aloha 8y agoI suspect its something more banal. I believe intel does distribute test/beta microcode to certain partners, and likely security researchers, this kind of statement is something you would put in a beta version, I wonder if someone simply used the wrong license file when they deployed this to the website.
- babypuncher 8y agoI refuse to believe the entire marketing department is dense enough not to see how that would backfire.
- mywittyname 8y agoLegal probably thought they could silently issue C&D letters to offending sites and bully compliance.
- cbhl 8y agoDoes it really take the entire marketing department for the story to play out this way? It just takes one marketing person to send one email to the right one lawyer in legal, right?
- dman 8y agoLooks like marketing department is running with an acting part time head - https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2018/05/intel_ousts_its_chief_marketin.html https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2018/05/...