[Buildroot] [git commit] rpi-firmware: New package

[Floris Bos <bos@je-eigen-domein.nl>]

On 01/08/2013 12:38 AM, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On 08/01/13 00:30, Floris Bos wrote:
>> On 01/08/2013 12:06 AM, Maxime Hadjinlian wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 06/01/13 23:01, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>> +RPI_FIRMWARE_LICENSE = BSD-3c
>>>>> +RPI_FIRMWARE_LICENSE_FILE = boot/LICENCE.broadcom
>>>>
>>>> As Thomas pointed out, this is not BSD-3c but "Broadcom proprietary
>>>> license".
>>>>
>>>> Maybe it should also get
>>>>
>>>> RPI_FIRMWARE_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
>>>>
>>> So, even the binary are not free from redistributing ? I'm sorry, I
>>> lack absolute knowledge in license... I should study this.
>>> I will patch to add this.
>>
>> Perhaps also copy the boot/LICENCE.broadcom file to the directory 
>> holding
>> the boot files?
>
>  Why? Usually when the device is redistributed, the end user doesn't 
> even have access to the filesystem. So putting license files in the 
> root filesystem is quite redundant.
>

In the case of the Raspberry, the bootloader files are always stored on 
the FAT partition of a removable SD card.
Even inside an enclosure, they are quite more accessible to end-users 
than with other devices.


Yours sincerely,

Floris Bos