[jvdh]

The point of the letter is that there is something as being polite.

Intel telling him about it at some point would have been polite.

[techdragon]

Especially considering they reached out to him and asked for modifications, such as the #ifdefs which he happily obliged them with.

[jhasse]

> Intel telling him about it at some point would have been polite.

Intel has paid one billion to AMD to settle a law suit. I wouldn't expect a company which doesn't refrain from illegal activities to be polite.