From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751255AbcBAFq2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Feb 2016 00:46:28 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:46934 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750725AbcBAFq0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Feb 2016 00:46:26 -0500 Message-ID: <56AEF12C.7060801@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 00:46:20 -0500 From: Jon Masters Organization: Red Hat, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: One Thousand Gnomes , Aleksey Makarov CC: Peter Hurley , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: parse the SPCR table References: <1453722324-22407-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@linaro.org> <56A6494E.3090303@hurleysoftware.com> <56A8B570.2060501@linaro.org> <20160127134559.1065a45f@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20160127134559.1065a45f@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 01/27/2016 08:45 AM, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:17:52 +0300 > Aleksey Makarov wrote: > >> 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 >>>> (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 as of >>>> 10 August 2015, these tables have both been released also under >>>> OWF 1.0 [4]. >>> >>> This license has a patent retaliation provision, which makes it >>> incompatible with GPLv2. >>> >>> *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 implementations of this specification under two options: >> 1) Microsoft’s 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. >> >> I believe that it means that the patch set meets the criteria for submission. Am I right? > > This is not a forum for legal advice. I would suggest that Linaro > discusses it privately with the Linux Foundation and Linus and does so > under attorney-client privilege. The Linux Foundation does have some > reasons to exist. Thanks for the reply, Alan. Can folks discuss and let me know off list if another license change is subsequently requested for this table? I spoke with Microsoft about this and they graciously made the previous license change. I am willing to connect additional dots off-list. Jon.