From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marc Kleine-Budde Subject: Re: Softing Firmware on gitorious Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:34:04 +0100 Message-ID: <4F0EA90C.2050109@pengutronix.de> References: <4F0DB66F.50509@hartkopp.net> <4F0DBF90.5050906@pengutronix.de> <4F0DC8BC.4040704@hartkopp.net> <20120112082536.GA380@e-circ.dyndns.org> <20120112090217.GB380@e-circ.dyndns.org> <4F0EA442.8080303@pengutronix.de> <20120112093009.GC380@e-circ.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig33BC6CA12D6EE5BAF8D185E9" Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:33460 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751715Ab2ALJeL (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:34:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20120112093009.GC380@e-circ.dyndns.org> Sender: linux-can-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Oliver Hartkopp , "linux-can@vger.kernel.org" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig33BC6CA12D6EE5BAF8D185E9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 par= t) 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 Ke= rnel. > Softing releases a linux driver package, with linux driver code and fir= mware > 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 --=20 Pengutronix e.K. | Marc Kleine-Budde | Industrial Linux Solutions | Phone: +49-231-2826-924 | Vertretung West/Dortmund | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | http://www.pengutronix.de | --------------enig33BC6CA12D6EE5BAF8D185E9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8OqQ8ACgkQjTAFq1RaXHN+aQCdFod48Xh4QSnWCq7CM0juPFBh AWEAnjcbVUSErfkgdaiuJccjwsY8LBZk =g3Rf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig33BC6CA12D6EE5BAF8D185E9--