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charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260925165814.567c9ab7@kemnade.info> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 04:58:14PM +0200, Andreas Kemnade wrote: > The License terms have in 2.3(b): > "(b) to copy and distribute as needed, solely in connection with an > Authorized System and for use in combination with a NXP Product," > > If I read it correctly, the firmware cannot life in such a repository, since > the repository is used by different machines. Is my interpretation correct? I'm no expert and am not providing legal advice. I see there is some roughly similar (but a little weaker-sounding) language in some existing linux-firmware licenses. e.g., "permitted solely operating in conjunction with authorized products". I also see the linux-firmware README only says: Your commit **must** contain a `Signed-Off-By:` from someone authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from within the company that owns the code). I take that to mean that linux-firmware doesn't really try to own the licensing rules. They defer to the company that owns the IP. So if NXP wants to submit things to linux-firmware (or "sign off" and hand it to someone else), they might be able to do so. YMMV if you're not an NXP employee though. Brian