TCG TPM license issue

Stefano Garzarella <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:02:16 +0100

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Hi all,
it seems the license of the TCG TPM reference implementation that we
are using to emulate the vTPM in SVSM is not exactly BSD but a variant
of it.

For some distro, like Fedora, this could be an issue. See
https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/issues/716

Thanks,
Stefano