[Gnuk-users] [PATCH 0/7] Gnuk: add support for Cortex M4 MCU

[NIIBE Yutaka]

Hello,

I applied and pushed your changes.  I added ChangeLog entry, so that
tar.gz source code distribution of Gnuk can be compliant to GPL for
PolarSSL.

Please note that Chopstx is not copyrighted by FSIJ.  Individuals
can keep their own copyright.


Simply put (along with the agreement to USB-IF),

    In the front line to the people in hardware industry and its mind
    set of product liability, FSIJ needs to insist Gnuk is under full
    control of the organization.

For me, attitude of some people who don't care about (supply chain of)
software technology is questionable, but it seems that dependency to
compiler, operating system, and libraries by external entities is OK,
according to a practice of (some of hardware) people.

It seems that the term "security hardware" matters for some people.


Aurelien Jarno <aurelien at aurel32.net> wrote:
> Yes, at least the ChaosKey is using the Openmoko VID. As far as I know
> they use the fact that they signed the agreement with USB-IF *before*
> transfers or subassignments were prohibited. That's also how pid.codes
> [0] offers PID to free software projects.
>
> [0] http://pid.codes

Thank for the information.  I didn't know that.  Today, I found
more naughty one:  https://f055.io/

I also find this one today:

https://www.mcselec.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=92&option=com_phpshop&Itemid=1

It seems that selling is more risky.


> Do you think it would be possible to allow any PID with VID 6666 which
> is for the prototype product vendor ID? It's of course not possible to
> sell a device with such an ID, nor it would be possible for Debian to
> distribute binaries with such an ID. On the other hand it's very useful
> for personal use, and I use that for many of my other personal projects.

If it works, it's OK, but vi-vi-vi-vi sounds like curse to Emacs users.

I'm not sure if the VID is guaranteed by USB IF.  USB IF's offcial
answer seems to be "please ask for VID assignment for prototype
product".

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