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”
I don’t know the exact reason but yeah. “Marketing” departments don’t get to just make fundamental product decisions in any company I’ve ever interacted with.
Translation, we looked at the books and thought this could make us more money.
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”
I don’t know the exact reason but yeah. “Marketing” departments don’t get to just make fundamental product decisions in any company I’ve ever interacted with.