From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 42094149E00 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:25:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1724405102; cv=none; b=CSSIM3r4ScdquAIY5d915EOiVsRw/DR08G1WrzSPQTF/6CTwm+NV1fx5e/hXuzY7DSKAiIw4387BmTlnsGUf89D1NVIydSwWvJyCyyPaGqqWCmLuWGRIGTIRp4GwJedvUUegJX12xCbOK0igjIwSZ1BxwQw5kBcrNOTl4GH/jw8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1724405102; c=relaxed/simple; bh=lBox3i04v9r7q+JiUCbfN2Ws/2slpXblT7B6XEe+utc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=iAgMERVV8/J9hJBF+GXZ3bDMhxAXhjvBFs+SWCi/f98bpr+pZS1tWQ+z1yh7fVkn+7NotiFq00k0rzYvZowpNCIVNTrT4QSiJEkKDOUboLQA6Ot1ZLYFOx2UGi5UW5DoOjxEQHeIkEC7i9niwMiRjmI6sJBxghiL86AmrtlD5G8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=AkqnLab8; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="AkqnLab8" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8AAAFC4AF0C; Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:25:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1724405102; bh=lBox3i04v9r7q+JiUCbfN2Ws/2slpXblT7B6XEe+utc=; h=Date:From:To:List-Id:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=AkqnLab8GxhxnmGcH0/BsCPaGXJEb4kiCsJOD5mkTbTIhlvVZT29UZbS34H54gIvK PtcTj4nzJguJd//RumfNJC/dF5pXrlfF/b9eiF6BNMWBjYsen/L4fGbv4DsC8Quqqk RrP16dTRyYc68pcvVdUfFW1JQpzZyODwuHVV3G1k= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:24:59 +0800 From: Greg KH To: Marek =?iso-8859-1?Q?Beh=FAn?= Cc: linux-firmware@kernel.org, Vinod Koul , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: question about Renesas USB3 host controller firmware license Message-ID: <2024082340-ream-crumpled-9434@gregkh> References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 10:14:18AM +0200, Marek Behún wrote: > Can someone who understands legal mojo determine whether it is possible > to add this firmware to linux-firmware? Please ask legal questions to lawyers, not kernel developers. Would you ask medical questions to kernel developers? :) Why not just contact the company themselves and ask if this is acceptable or not? thanks, greg k-h