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>By downloading any of the UEFI Specifications, you acknowledge that no license, express or implied, is granted to you to distribute, additionally reproduce, im
by Sir_Cmpwn 8y ago
>By downloading any of the UEFI Specifications, you acknowledge that no license, express or implied, is granted to you to distribute, additionally reproduce, implement or otherwise use for any purpose (other than to read only) the UEFI Specifications, and that all rights, title and interest in and to the UEFI Specifications, including all intellectual property rights of any type whatsoever, are owned by the UEFI Forum, or subject to rights granted to the UEFI Forum.
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- userbinator 8y agoThat is really a worthless statement compared to threats of legal action against the various open-source implementation out there, which would definitely raise attention --- if they actually happened, that is; I haven't found anything to suggest so. A search for "UEFI royalties" also does not yield anything. We get it, you hate UEFI as much as anyone else, but this is not really a valid issue to complain about.
- cookiecaper 8y agoFor the record, TianoCore is run by Intel. Intel was the author of the original EFI spec and afaik remains the driving force on the UEFI Forum. Wouldn't make much sense for them to sue themselves.
- sandov 8y agoYou're basically acknowledging that they can sue you for implementing it, but they won't do it because they don't feel like doing so, hence it doesn't matter that they can?