From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from smtp.kernel.org (unknown [10.30.226.227]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 788CECA5FA5 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) id 435321F00893; Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=178.238.236.174 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=kernel.org; s=arc20260519; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1790689402; b=binl1+GAcWRJykFs/sRg902qyoHk3mHwFUcxuz2SaZ7ffZfAqlJar5Ezm9cgLY7ikcu4 vS0yBeVF7n7FzsRqFAJOh2f5Dpt7XpsbQxKuETWe++2QK4o7UeAnjuJB3DqxQQdCwop0A 18e8se3ByeeyWEx0I93ZIxQjdyxfZmMbFDgrq7wecWiTK4BETXjLfA8G5Its7lw3dbeQ1 DIKyjWk+KJoVAm/gI9cJGHxDVweQxSwx346wNib5heKWXD5YnlYid4rpXBNaivQ8BdKCk f05vsHk2buyYu8Tkci1vaOHPt+AnzKSq5J6TNSylZwmeaMpe1omrv2VR82oQrtdQ/+A== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=kernel.org; s=arc20260519; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1790689402; h=DMARC-Filter:DKIM-Signature:Date:From:To:List-Id:Cc:Subject: Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=UI8KGr+203TTDDjM2zC+E9Wn2hBAPM2hhmWuZojDsvw=; b=glf8gTDnSmOhGRQyyuF7l5ck8PdA8IpHHQKI0FApWnRO3RVoL2QN25SLEkL1XomX5B0r PVk9EmduFk3bJ+ggP3yl9sFsKaTx9plkHJUHGMJeEb0hbN7qWGrW44akQ2qM/mAP+lsi+ 5kNQCW4zcvbEk3fFGxvKURLwKC2kdeX4BnlTITCydE+TGhhRWQitT8ZzKiK2wicp0dFMG y9SJ35WLX8hsqe2127anb4z1NclGQ8gwwFn5gl1cw/BmfU52ipvlf81JKewSwA/Gz74Po oxQSGD+JQgMStUnscMPqn3CLpO9j6ahv4/aI5QL7XWrP9T0qQYi15VgTZVOL8Sy0Rfg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.kernel.org; dkim=pass header.d=kemnade.info header.i=@kemnade.info header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20220719 header.b=mYeRp9gq; dmarc=pass header.from=kemnade.info; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kemnade.info; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=178.238.236.174 Received: from mail.andi.de1.cc (mail.andi.de1.cc [178.238.236.174]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A7B321F000FF for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:43:21 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=kemnade.info header.i=@kemnade.info header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20220719 header.b=mYeRp9gq DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp.kernel.org A7B321F000FF Authentication-Results: smtp.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=kemnade.info Authentication-Results: smtp.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kemnade.info DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kemnade.info; s=20220719; h=References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From: Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=UI8KGr+203TTDDjM2zC+E9Wn2hBAPM2hhmWuZojDsvw=; t=1790689401; x=1791899001; b=mYeRp9gqHVOzcBeE6OjITr9wEyPtBO2jMSmBQWbiZosZwjrpcodSXUSayIYHckc2jBPcfLzokKV H1lzBhllxjDHyjD8ZL2WkV3fqAi9p2fV8U2UHWuLLee+ZrBzFxi5wGZpV6vL0qxuoEjFVNJ1GS+m8 1YvpUGTdK32f2/OrrgbShw0B3P0VJ8zY1HSEtJu8AKapUXdm0uUfaGThlhSwAIw7ojsRWY9uhBKom aeM/WpioyMp95nn7kok7iLqeDT/B8vUPg2Uz5stxuQm32BQLiYYjl17aazu6bh8ibBN5QS/N/lKFu 6aYTLm+HsNX20ulimhcNWbx5Srh4H/B8k9bw==; Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:43:01 +0200 From: Andreas Kemnade To: Brian Norris List-Id: Cc: David Lin , Francesco Dolcini , Neeraj Sanjay Kale , =?UTF-8?B?VGFtw6FzIFN6xbFjcw==?= , "linux-firmware@kernel.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "lukas@wunner.de" Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: mwifiex firmware mrvl/sd8987_uapsta.bin missing in the firmware git Message-ID: <20260929154301.7c45c1be@kemnade.info> In-Reply-To: References: <20240605160013.6bea8d4d@aktux> <_pNnwoI9WHlb2EY635KdIv6t_goU-ZYp9Vav31jkFOCf9fCE9EeKdyCea2m-L8pgfsKIQvODlnQLhQqmWSYip9e6FFZwaJHL5-u5rdOS_kY=@protonmail.ch> <20240605174709.5043af8f@akair> <20240606101839.GA76158@francesco-nb> <20260925165814.567c9ab7@kemnade.info> <20260926090026.22b00f57@kemnade.info> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.3.1 (GTK 3.24.49; aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:54:54 -0700 Brian Norris 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