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From: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v7 1/1] rtl8821au: new package
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 16:32:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150725143257.GH3662@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <55B38D80.9070605@lucaceresoli.net>

Luca, All,

On 2015-07-25 15:22 +0200, Luca Ceresoli spake thusly:
> Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> >Christian, Luca, All,
> >
> >Luca, a licensing question for you... ;-)
> >
> >On 2015-07-24 15:32 -0700, Christian Stewart spake thusly:
> >>This patch adds the rtl8821au wifi driver. The driver is sourced from
> >>ulli-kroll's work on GitHub, which includes various fixes and better LED
> >>handling. Currently USB3 support is broken in this driver - it will
> >>only connect to the EHCI controller in a USB3 port.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Christian Stewart <christian@paral.in>
> >[--SNIP--]
> [...]
> >>--- /dev/null
> >>+++ b/package/rtl8821au/rtl8821au.mk
> >>@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> >>+################################################################################
> >>+#
> >>+# rtl8821au
> >>+#
> >>+################################################################################
> >>+
> >>+RTL8821AU_VERSION = f58e4a7fb27551bdbb4aee9db6086dd6ad996c8d
> >>+RTL8821AU_SITE = $(call github,ulli-kroll,rtl8821au,$(RTL8821AU_VERSION))
> >>+RTL8821AU_CFLAGS_ENDIAN = -DCONFIG_$(call qstrip,$(BR2_ENDIAN))_ENDIAN
> >
> >You forgot the licensing information:
> >
> >     RTL8821AU_LICENSE = GPLv2
> >     RTL8821AU_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
> >
> >Luca:
> >
> >Also, two firmware blobs are installed, and we have no licensing info
> >for those two; usually it's a proprietary license.
> >
> >I wonder if/how we can reflect this in the licensing info above.
> 
> I can't think of any option other than:
> 
>   RTL8821AU_LICENSE = GPLv2, proprietary (firmware blobs)

OK for me. Thanks!

Christian, care to address those issues and respin, please?
Thanks!

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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  reply	other threads:[~2015-07-25 14:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-24 22:32 [Buildroot] [PATCH v7 1/1] rtl8821au: new package Christian Stewart
2015-07-25 10:01 ` Yann E. MORIN
2015-07-25 10:16 ` Yann E. MORIN
2015-07-25 13:22   ` Luca Ceresoli
2015-07-25 14:32     ` Yann E. MORIN [this message]
2015-07-25 15:57       ` Luca Ceresoli
2015-07-25 16:29 ` Yann E. MORIN

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