Re: [EXT] Re: mwifiex firmware mrvl/sd8987_uapsta.bin missing in the firmware git

[Andreas Kemnade <andreas@kemnade.info>]

On Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:54:54 -0700
Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 26, 2026 at 09:00:26AM +0200, Andreas Kemnade wrote:
> > There are rules what licenses might forbid and what not in LICENSE-CRITERIA.md.  
> 
> Ohhh, nice. I was looking for exactly such a file, but I was looking at
> a too-old copy of linux-firmware.git -- that seems to have appeared in
> the last few months.
> 
> > At least submitting it to the firmware repo (so from NXP sight a third
> > party repo) sounds like some permission for distribution.  
> 
> Reading that doc: actually, no, that doc seems to suggest otherwise. It

Maybe I was a bit unclear here. If it is submitted and accepted it feels
like some more safety.

> specifically delineates various "terms that will cause rejection", and
> it seems the current NXP license triggers several of those. NXP would
> almost certainly need to provide an updated license, not just a sign-off
> with their existing license.
> 
There are two licenses there: The one in the linux-firmware git repo
and the one in NXP's own firmware repo. But both would probably cause
rejection nowadays.  

> This seems entirely up to NXP to unblock. If they want to work within
> the open source community, then they need to learn to work with the
> rules of that community.
> 
Yes, the only thing others could do is to nag them about it.

Regards,
Andreas