Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: add a section documenting the "early...
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:09:32 +0000 (18:09 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:26:43 +0000 (13:26 +0200)
commit86fee2877f3427df5876159a182aa70d10964cdf
treea4bb079df6320977e97cc593dbd56964f39bbf3e
parenta2e4bdca2c361260609d47dff6c0e36ef2b41d4c
Documentation: embargoed-hardware-issues.rst: add a section documenting the "early access" process

Over the past years there have been many "misunderstandings" and
"confusion" as to who is, and is not, allowed early access to the
changes created by the members of the embargoed hardware issue teams
working on a specific problem.

The current process, while it does work, is "difficult" for many
companies to understand and agree with.  Because of this, there has been
numerous attempts by many companies to work around the process by lies,
subterfuge, and other side channels sometimes involving unsuspecting
lawyers.  Cut all of that out, and put the responsibility of
distributing code on the silicon vendor affected, as they already have
legal agreements in place that cover this type of distribution.  When
this distribution happens, the developers involved MUST be notified of
this happening, to be kept aware of the situation at all times.

The wording here has been hashed out by many different companies and
lawyers involved in the process, as well as community members and
everyone now agrees that the proposed change here should work better
than what is currently happening.

This change has been approved by a review from a large number of
different open source legal members, representing the companies involved
in this process.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2024073035-bagel-vertigo-e0dd@gregkh
Co-developed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Co-developed-by: Michael Dolan <mdolan@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Dolan <mdolan@linuxfoundation.org>
Co-developed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst