From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "M. Warner Losh" Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:53:43 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <20100325.175343.706994262324563953.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <4BAA4C8A.70104@freescale.com> <65327.84.105.60.153.1269481760.squirrel@gate.crashing.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org Errors-To: devicetree-discuss-bounces+gldd-devicetree-discuss=m.gmane.org-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org To: timur-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org Cc: linuxppc-dev-mnsaURCQ41sdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, devicetree-discuss-uLR06cmDAlY/bJ5BZ2RsiQ@public.gmane.org List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org In message: Timur Tabi writes: : The initrd thing is a good idea, but it doesn't help non-Linux : operating systems. Then again, those OS's might not have any GPL : issues, so it could be a moot point. Most !linux systems are not GPL'd. They are BSDL, primarily, or some private license between seller and buyer. In any event, other OSes likely won't have the GPL issue. But I'm confused. If you can't distribute the binary firmware, why can you distribute the hex dump of the firmware? Warner