From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aleksey Makarov Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: parse the SPCR table Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:17:52 +0300 Message-ID: <56A8B570.2060501@linaro.org> References: <1453722324-22407-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@linaro.org> <56A6494E.3090303@hurleysoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56A6494E.3090303@hurleysoftware.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Peter Hurley , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Graeme Gregory , Russell King , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "Rafael J . Wysocki" , Leif Lindholm List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org On 01/25/2016 07:11 PM, Peter Hurley wrote: > On 01/25/2016 03:45 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote: >> This patchset is based on the patchset by Leif Lindholm [1] >> >> 'ARM Server Base Boot Requirements' [2] mention SPCR=20 >> (Serial Port Console Redirection Table) [3] as a mandatory >> ACPI table that specifies the configuration of serial console. >> >> Licensing concerns have prevented implementing it in the past, but a= s of >> 10 August 2015, these tables have both been released also under=20 >> OWF 1.0 [4]. >=20 > This license has a patent retaliation provision, which makes it > incompatible with GPLv2. >=20 > *If the license applies to this code*, then this patch set does not > meet the criteria for submission. The license applies not to this code but to the document describing the= tables. Here is an excerpt from it: Patent Notice: Microsoft is making certain patent rights available for implementatio= ns of this specification under two options: 1) Microsoft=E2=80=99s Community Promise, available at http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/community-= promise/default.aspx; or 2) The Open Web Foundation Final Specification Agreement Version 1.0= ("OWF 1.0") as of October 1, 2012, available at http://www.openwebfoundation.org/= legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owfa-1-0.=20 I believe that it means that the patch set meets the criteria for submi= ssion. Am I right? Thank you Aleksey Makarov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html