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> Apple: If you document the hardware enough for the Asahi team to deliver a polished Linux experiene, I'll buy one this year! They probably can't do that beca
by amelius 8mo ago
> Apple: If you document the hardware enough for the Asahi team to deliver a polished Linux experiene, I'll buy one this year!
They probably can't do that because of potential patent issues that might surface.
Lawyers say no.
- rileymat2 8mo agoThat’s highly unlikely, releasing the product counts as a public disclosure which would start the clock on filing.
- amelius 8mo agoYou are thinking of the other direction. I'm talking about competitors like e.g. Intel/AMD/nVidia who could browse the documentation and find potential infringements. In fact what Apple's legal department forgot is that the Asahi team could enable just that.