Editing Intel (section)

=== Open source support ===
Intel has a significant participation in the [[Open-source software|open source]] communities since 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=About|website=01.org|url=https://01.org/zh/about|access-date=November 26, 2014|archive-date=September 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903232144/https://01.org/zh/about|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Self-published source|date=August 2018}} For example, in 2006 Intel released [[MIT license|MIT-licensed]] [[X.Org Server|X.org]] drivers for their integrated [[graphic card]]s of the i965 family of chipsets. Intel released [[FreeBSD]] drivers for some networking cards,<ref>{{cite web|date=November 27, 2005|title=FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual|url=http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=em|access-date=August 5, 2007|work=freebsd.org|publisher=The FreeBSD Project}}</ref> available under a BSD-compatible license,<ref name="bsd.em">{{cite web|author=Intel Corporation|editor=[[OpenBSD]]|title=if_em.c (Intel PRO/1000 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet device)|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/pci/if_em.c|website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD src/sys/dev/pci/}}</ref> which were also ported to [[OpenBSD]].<ref name="bsd.em" /> Binary [[firmware]] files for non-wireless [[Ethernet]] devices were also released under a [[BSD licence]] allowing [[Freely redistributable software|free redistribution]].<ref>{{cite web|title=fxp/fxp-license|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/sys/dev/microcode/fxp/fxp-license|website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD src/sys/dev/microcode/}}</ref> Intel ran the [[Moblin project]] until April 23, 2009, when they handed the project over to the [[Linux Foundation]]. Intel also runs the ''LessWatts.org'' campaigns.<ref>[http://www.lesswatts.org/about.php About] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603083454/http://www.lesswatts.org/about.php|date=June 3, 2008}}. Lesswatts.org. Retrieved July 8, 2011.</ref>

However, after the release of the wireless products called Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG and 3945ABG in 2005, Intel was criticized for not granting free redistribution rights for the [[firmware]] that must be included in the operating system for the wireless devices to operate.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Varghese|first=Sam|date=March 1, 2005|title=OpenBSD to support more wireless chipsets|work=The Age|publisher=The Age Company Ltd|location=Melbourne, Australia|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/01/1109546842718.html|access-date=August 5, 2007}}</ref> As a result of this, Intel became a target of campaigns to allow free operating systems to include binary firmware on terms acceptable to the [[free software movement|open source community]]. [[Linspire]]-[[Linux]] creator [[Michael Robertson (businessman)|Michael Robertson]] outlined the difficult position that Intel was in releasing to [[Open-source model|open source]], as Intel did not want to upset their large customer [[Microsoft]].<ref name="M.Robertson">{{cite web|last=Robertson|first=Michael|date=March 19, 2003|title=Is Intel's "Centrino" Techno-Latin for "No Linux?"|url=http://www.michaelrobertson.com/archive.php?minute_id=56|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051028082001/http://michaelrobertson.com/archive.php?minute_id=56|archive-date=October 28, 2005|access-date=August 5, 2007|work=michaelrobertson.com}}</ref> [[Theo de Raadt]] of [[OpenBSD]] also claimed that Intel is being "an Open Source fraud" after an Intel employee presented a distorted view of the situation at an open source conference.<ref name="Theo">{{cite web|last=de Raadt|first=Theo|date=September 30, 2006|title=Intel: Only "Open" for Business|url=http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060930232710&mode=expanded|access-date=August 5, 2007|work=[[OpenBSD Journal]]}}</ref> In spite of the significant negative attention Intel received as a result of the wireless dealings, the binary firmware still{{when|date=May 2025}} has not gained a license compatible with free software principles.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 15, 2014|title=ipw – Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 IEEE 802.11b wireless network device, Sh FILES|url=http://bxr.su/OpenBSD/share/man/man4/ipw.4#92|access-date=December 28, 2014|website=BSD Cross Reference, OpenBSD share/man/man4/|quote=These firmware files are not free because Intel refuses to grant distribution rights without contractual obligations. As a result, even though OpenBSD includes the driver, the firmware files cannot be included and users have to find these files on their own.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ipw(4) - OpenBSD manual pages |url=http://man.openbsd.org/ipw.4 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=man.openbsd.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=iwi(4) - OpenBSD manual pages |url=http://man.openbsd.org/iwi.4 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=man.openbsd.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=wpi(4) - OpenBSD manual pages |url=http://man.openbsd.org/wpi.4 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=man.openbsd.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=iwn(4) - OpenBSD manual pages |url=http://man.openbsd.org/iwn.4 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=man.openbsd.org}}</ref>

Intel has also supported other open source projects such as [[Blender (software)|Blender]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Foundation|first=Blender|title=Intel signs up as Corporate Patron|url=https://www.blender.org/press/intel-signs-up-as-corporate-patron/|access-date=December 22, 2021|website=blender.org|date=December 21, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Open 3D Engine]].<ref>{{cite web|title=O3DE|url=https://o3de.org/|access-date=December 22, 2021|website=o3de.org}}</ref>