From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
To: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>,
"linux-can@vger.kernel.org" <linux-can@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Softing Firmware on gitorious
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:34:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F0EA90C.2050109@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120112093009.GC380@e-circ.dyndns.org>
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On 01/12/2012 10:30 AM, Kurt Van Dijck wrote:
>>> The 5.01 package states the binary blob (and their code) is GPLv2.
>>> The remainders of the 4.6 package I still have (only the firmware part) also
>>> state it's all released under GPLv2.
>>
>> Do you mean the binary blob's source code is available as GPLv2? Do we
>> have access to the source code? Would be interesting for the Debian Kernel.
> Softing releases a linux driver package, with linux driver code and firmware
> under GPLv2. The firmware is packaged as array's in c files.
> The sources of the firmware itself are not available.
IANAL, some people think that a binary firmwarer w/o source code
available under GPLv2 isn't GPv2.
However, we can document that in the WHENCE file of the linux firmware
reporitory.
Marc
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-12 9:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-11 16:18 Softing Firmware on gitorious Oliver Hartkopp
2012-01-11 16:57 ` Alexander Stein
2012-01-11 18:06 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2012-01-11 16:57 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-01-11 17:37 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2012-01-12 8:25 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-01-12 9:02 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-01-12 9:13 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2012-01-12 9:30 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-01-12 9:34 ` Marc Kleine-Budde [this message]
2012-01-12 10:01 ` Kurt Van Dijck
2012-01-12 10:12 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
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