From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752989AbaF1Pb0 (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:31:26 -0400 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:54044 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751215AbaF1PbY (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:31:24 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:31:08 +0100 From: One Thousand Gnomes To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: linux-firmware@kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents Message-ID: <20140628163108.0b8b81ce@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1403897967-5894-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> References: <1403897967-5894-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> Organization: Intel Corporation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.23; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > +the firmware license provided includes an implicit or explicit > +patent grant to end users to ensure full functionality of device > +operation with the firmware. If the licence is long and involved, it's > permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the > WHENCE file. > And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself. "end users of the device" or just "end users" I'm assuming the worry for most vendors is licensing it to be used on some third party product ? Alan