From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Floris Bos Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:59:09 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [git commit] rpi-firmware: New package In-Reply-To: <50EB5C6A.4010301@mind.be> References: <20130106221239.2F44D9A5E5@busybox.osuosl.org> <50EB4F1F.7070202@mind.be> <50EB5A87.906@je-eigen-domein.nl> <50EB5C6A.4010301@mind.be> Message-ID: <50EB6F5D.4040202@je-eigen-domein.nl> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net 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 >>> 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