From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D74AFC433F5 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:19:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) id A4771C36AF3; Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:19:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8D1D8C36AE3; Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:19:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1641827953; bh=pxPTJzmSBgH4bIUlhYAOmUy0JXvAVcZ0GJB2upPJ0DQ=; h=From:To:List-Id:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=kfWirbvtrfOgywNReNZ4KfFBr6U70gAAPLC188GP/UR4T0LyujAtZsFjme4wrFM28 xWmLeXqj1chaoS1v75Tqam+1PfVBFCDKZt/gD5Frp4Pgpmhpkj5yOdCvyDHFgNvmyh kNLZjR4pKFzqlsjugubNg29xypdQq6kKfRdmJJFb7WV5W3Bxzxpv0OjKk9BzHTeOxo 0rQ7VGYGSW+WK23eqc7MMQGdFmyoaGbhA4I8v6v1lwiQHxkHAH8CAWwsfqD4ORNLBR mMPAW6vJTBjyl5ezxg90T6IMWsA/jOmBVEyicZnW4Ud5sh4pyd7b5ULr95uSVzWDnU kGjbLCpIJqbqA== From: Kalle Valo To: Josh Boyer List-Id: Cc: "linux-firmware\@kernel.org" , "linux-wireless\@vger.kernel.org" , "ath11k\@lists.infradead.org" Subject: Re: [PULL] ath11k firmware 20211223 References: Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:19:07 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Josh Boyer's message of "Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:41:45 -0500") Message-ID: <87leznvct0.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Josh Boyer writes: > On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 9:03 AM Kalle Valo wrote: >> >> Hi linux-firmware maintainers, >> >> here's a pull request to update ath11k firmware images. We have new hard= ware support WCN6855 and QCN9074, but also updates to existing hardware. >> >> Please let me know if there are any problems. >> >> Kalle >> >> The following changes since commit f682ecb015df087613f91872712eb6c0f6c99= 8a8: >> >> Merge https://github.com/pkshih/linux-firmware into main (2021-12-16 0= 9:42:51 -0500) >> >> are available in the Git repository at: >> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/linux-firmware.git= ath10k-20211223 >> >> for you to fetch changes up to 0f161f385f3854086b4fdae2dae786ab6bd3efa5: >> >> ath11k: WCN6855 hw2.0: add to WLAN.HSP.1.1-03003-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILI= CONZ_LITE-2 (2021-12-23 12:40:55 +0200) >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Kalle Valo (5): >> ath11k: IPQ6018 hw1.0: update to WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01100-QCAHKSWPL_S= ILICONZ-1 >> ath11k: IPQ8074 hw2.0: update to WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01100-QCAHKSWPL_S= ILICONZ-1 >> ath11k: QCN9074 hw1.0: add to WLAN.HK.2.5.0.1-01100-QCAHKSWPL_SILI= CONZ-1 >> ath11k: WCN6855 hw2.0: add board-2.bin and regdb.bin >> ath11k: WCN6855 hw2.0: add to WLAN.HSP.1.1-03003-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_= SILICONZ_LITE-2 >> >> WHENCE | 14 +- >> ath11k/IPQ6018/hw1.0/Notice.txt | 48 +- > > These Notice files seem problematic. They're clearly well intended, > but they have language that alludes to an agreement with Atheros and a > confidential nature to some of the files. Specifically: > > "...your use of these software > components together with the Qualcomm Atheros software (Qualcomm > Atheros software hereinafter referred to as =E2=80=9CSoftware=E2=80=9D) is > subject to the terms of your agreement from Qualcomm Atheros." > > Nobody has an opportunity to agree to anything with Atheros when they > consume the files from linux-firmware. There's also no explicit grant > of redistribution for any of these files. > > Also: > > "/* > * Copyright (c) 2011 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. > * 2011 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. > * All Rights Reserved. > * Confidential and Proprietary - Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. > * Notifications and licenses are retained for attribution purposes only. > */ > " > > Several of those are followed by "For this file.... has selected the > BSD license" but it's unclear what file that's referring to. > > I'm not comfortable pulling this with the licenses in an ambiguous > state. Can you work with your team to clarify the text? Sorry for the delay, I was on vacation. Thanks for the feedback, I'll report this and later send a new pull request with better language. But this can take some time. --=20 https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/ https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatc= hes