xc2038/3028 firmware

xc2038/3028 firmware

[Frank Schäfer]

Hi,

are there any reasons why the xc2028/3028 firmware files are not
included in the linux-firmware tree ?
The xc5000 firmware is already there, so it seems Xceive|has nothing
against| redistribution of their firmware... ?!

Regards,
Frank

Re: xc2038/3028 firmware

[Devin Heitmueller]

Hi Frank,

I specifically asked for and received permission from
Xceive/CrestaTech to make the xc5000 firmware freely redistributable.
They were unwilling to entertain that though for the xc2028/3028 as
they considered it a long deprecated product.

In order to include firmware blobs in linux-firmware, there needs to
be an actual license legally permitting redistribution - we don't have
that for the 2028/3028.

In general CrestaTech have been extremely cooperative with the Linux
community, especially in recent years.  However in this case they just
couldn't justify the effort to do the paperwork for a chip that they
stopped shipping years ago.

Devin

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Frank Schäfer
<fschaefer.oss@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> are there any reasons why the xc2028/3028 firmware files are not
> included in the linux-firmware tree ?
> The xc5000 firmware is already there, so it seems Xceive|has nothing
> against| redistribution of their firmware... ?!
>
> Regards,
> Frank
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Re: xc2038/3028 firmware

[Frank Schäfer]

Hi Devin,

Am 21.03.2014 18:38, schrieb Devin Heitmueller:
> Hi Frank,
>
> I specifically asked for and received permission from
> Xceive/CrestaTech to make the xc5000 firmware freely redistributable.
> They were unwilling to entertain that though for the xc2028/3028 as
> they considered it a long deprecated product.
>
> In order to include firmware blobs in linux-firmware, there needs to
> be an actual license legally permitting redistribution - we don't have
> that for the 2028/3028.
>
> In general CrestaTech have been extremely cooperative with the Linux
> community, especially in recent years.  However in this case they just
> couldn't justify the effort to do the paperwork for a chip that they
> stopped shipping years ago.
>
> Devin
Ok, so you've already asked them for a xc2028/3028 firmware
redistribution permission, but (in opposition to the xc5000) they didn't
grant it ?
Too bad. :-(
The xc2028/3028 is used in so many devices and playing manual firmware
extraction games sucks.
A too big obstacle for many users (if they even find out that their
device isn't working due to missing firmware)...

Regards,
Frank

> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Frank Schäfer
> <fschaefer.oss@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> are there any reasons why the xc2028/3028 firmware files are not
>> included in the linux-firmware tree ?
>> The xc5000 firmware is already there, so it seems Xceive|has nothing
>> against| redistribution of their firmware... ?!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Frank
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>
>

Re: xc2038/3028 firmware

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

Em Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:23:13 +0100
Frank Schäfer <fschaefer.oss@googlemail.com> escreveu:

> Hi,
> 
> are there any reasons why the xc2028/3028 firmware files are not
> included in the linux-firmware tree ?
> The xc5000 firmware is already there, so it seems Xceive|has nothing
> against| redistribution of their firmware... ?!

They explicitly granted redistribution rights to xc5000 firmware, but they
never gave for xc2028/3028.

Regards,
Mauro