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Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:27:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2a00:79e0:2e7c:8:41fb:1648:4395:5cc4]) by smtp.gmail.com with UTF8SMTPSA id 98e67ed59e1d1-3a0b9355e49sm5409547a91.4.2026.09.25.09.27.36 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:27:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:27:35 -0700 From: Brian Norris To: Andreas Kemnade 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: References: <20240605160013.6bea8d4d@aktux> <_pNnwoI9WHlb2EY635KdIv6t_goU-ZYp9Vav31jkFOCf9fCE9EeKdyCea2m-L8pgfsKIQvODlnQLhQqmWSYip9e6FFZwaJHL5-u5rdOS_kY=@protonmail.ch> <20240605174709.5043af8f@akair> <20240606101839.GA76158@francesco-nb> <20260925165814.567c9ab7@kemnade.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260925165814.567c9ab7@kemnade.info> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 04:58:14PM +0200, Andreas Kemnade wrote: > The License terms have in 2.3(b): > "(b) to copy and distribute as needed, solely in connection with an > Authorized System and for use in combination with a NXP Product," > > If I read it correctly, the firmware cannot life in such a repository, since > the repository is used by different machines. Is my interpretation correct? I'm no expert and am not providing legal advice. I see there is some roughly similar (but a little weaker-sounding) language in some existing linux-firmware licenses. e.g., "permitted solely operating in conjunction with authorized products". I also see the linux-firmware README only says: Your commit **must** contain a `Signed-Off-By:` from someone authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from within the company that owns the code). I take that to mean that linux-firmware doesn't really try to own the licensing rules. They defer to the company that owns the IP. So if NXP wants to submit things to linux-firmware (or "sign off" and hand it to someone else), they might be able to do so. YMMV if you're not an NXP employee though. Brian