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AMD pulls a bait-and-switch on Linux users with Vivado licensing changes (itsfoss.com)
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[–] 29 points 5 months ago (2 children)

For your specific question: Why is Linux not supported in the BASIC tier?

This is AMD's marketing decision.

Kind Regards, Anatoli Curran, Xilinx/AMD Forum Moderator

Translation, we looked at the books and thought this could make us more money.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I honestly think this is it, and it's not arbitrary. I think it's because really any build server will be running Linux (either natively or via Docker). AMD/Xilinx probably thinks "Build Servers are an advanced use case, so not covered under the free license"

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