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diff --git a/docs/09-reference/legal-and-licensing.md b/docs/09-reference/legal-and-licensing.md index 74f1363..57aad43 100644 --- a/docs/09-reference/legal-and-licensing.md +++ b/docs/09-reference/legal-and-licensing.md @@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ In this repository you will find: * **GSP firmware images** (`firmware/**/*.fwimage.bin`) — fetched from public distribution channels (e.g. `linux-firmware`); used to understand and - emulate the firmware interface. -* **Decompiled firmware artifacts** (`firmware/**/decompiled/`) — our own - analysis output; kept for study and cited in the wiki. + emulate the firmware interface. They are **not distributed in this + repository**: like all firmware blobs they are gitignored and kept only as + local study material. +* **Decompiled/disassembled artifacts** (`firmware/**/decompiled/`) — our own + analysis output, kept locally for study and cited in the wiki. They are + gitignored and never committed. * **Reformatted interface tables** — IDs, structures and message layouts that we derived, published in `wiki/` and in this documentation tree. @@ -42,13 +45,28 @@ do not point readers at material we cannot redistribute, and do not redistribute third-party binaries as project content beyond what their terms allow. +**CUDA-userspace (`libcuda`) analysis rules:** + +* Decompiled or disassembled output is never committed; it is gitignored study + material. +* Cite userspace locations as `libcuda+0x...` *file virtual addresses*. Note + the Ghidra image-base caveat: that library is loaded at **`0x100000`**, so a + decompilation produced without translating the offset refers to the wrong + function. +* Tracked docs state facts and evidence; conclusions cite numeric IDs, code + offsets and recorded observations, never source locations. +* Name maps and indexes (`userspace/cuda/*/annotations/`) are our own work + product and may be tracked. + ## 3. Adversarial interoperability and the law We implement the *interface contract* so that unmodified NVIDIA software can talk to our device. We do not: * copy NVIDIA driver code into our kernel module, -* patch NVIDIA drivers or firmware, +* patch the guest, runtime or host driver at run time. The only patch series + we carry is build glue for the optional OpenRM submodule (`install.sh`); the + deployment path uses the distribution's NVIDIA driver as shipped, * defeat licensing for NVIDIA's own products (our device is our device; no impersonation of a licensed product identity). @@ -68,8 +86,8 @@ open an issue: we would rather over-comply than argue. contribution does not contain third-party material under incompatible terms. * Write original code. Describe behaviour, cite the evidence, and reimplement interfaces from observation rather than copying anyone's source. -* Do not commit firmware or ISO images unless they are explicitly permitted and - listed in `.gitattributes`/LFS policy. +* Do not commit firmware or ISO images: they are local study/deployment + material and are gitignored (see §2). ## 5. Export, safety and platform notes |