From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "ira.weiny" Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] pull request: linux-firmware: Add Intel OPA hfi1 firmware Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:47:40 -0400 Message-ID: <20150813214739.GA3975@phlsvsds.ph.intel.com> References: <20150811213205.GA28613@phlsvsds.ph.intel.com> <20150811222557.GA6293@obsidianresearch.com> <9010F06FA27E5745AF23866A8C9A2B3D2E9B136C@FMSMSX106.amr.corp.intel.com> <20150811233553.GA3553@obsidianresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150811233553.GA3553-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Jason Gunthorpe Cc: "Vogel, Steve" , "linux-firmware-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org" , Doug Ledford , "linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "Fleck, John" , "Sowa, David" List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 05:35:53PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:47:03PM +0000, Vogel, Steve wrote: > > The license terms allow anyone to distribute (but not sell) the fir= mware but > > only for use on Intel products.=20 >=20 > Redistribution alone may be enough to be included in linux-firmware >=20 > However, most of the additional terms (and there are lots of them) > this imposes beyond the usual likely make it impossible to include in= a > distro, so pragmatically, there is no reason to push for inclusion in > linux-firmware. >=20 > This is going to be a hard road for you guys. Falling in line with > every other Intel firmware blob's (i915, ibt, iwlwifi, SST2) license > would be much easier on you and the distros. >=20 > Frankly, I think the onus is on you to get statements from the > licensing teams at Fedora, Debian, RH and SuSE on if they can include > work under this license or not. >=20 > I suspect Fedora and Debian will both say they can't, just based on > their public policies and the additional restrictions in this > license.. But hey, I'm not a licensing lawyer.. >=20 I just noticed that the email from Steve that Jason Replied to did not = make it to the lists. Here is the text from Steve for reference. Here is an interpretation of the grant language: 2.11Grant. Subject to Your compliance with the terms of this Agreement= , and the limitations set forth in Section 2.2, Intel hereby grants You, du= ring the term of this Agreement, a non-transferable, non-exclusive, non-sublicen= seable (except as expressly set forth below), limited right and license: (A)Onunder Intel=E2=80=99s copyrights, to: (1)Onreproduce and execute the Software only for internal use with Inte= l Products, including designing products for Intel Products,; this licens= e does not include the right to sublicense, and may be exercised only within Y= our facilities by Your employees; [This allows anyone obtaining the software to make copies and use the software, but not to re-license it.] (2)Ondistribute the unmodified Software only in Object Code, only for u= se with Intel Products; this license includes the right to sublicense, but only= the rights to execute the Software and only under Intel=E2=80=99s End User = Software License Agreement attached as Attachment B, without the right to further sublic= ense; [This allows anyone to re-distribute the software for use on Intel prod= ucts and requires the them to re-distribute with the license in Attachment B] Ira -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" i= n the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html