From: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
Cc: linux-firmware@kernel.org, "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:31:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140628163108.0b8b81ce@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1403897967-5894-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
> +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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-28 15:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-27 19:39 [PATCH] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents Luis R. Rodriguez
2014-06-28 15:31 ` One Thousand Gnomes [this message]
2014-06-30 17:53 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
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