From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>
To: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>,
linux-firmware@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:53:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140630175351.GL27687@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140628163108.0b8b81ce@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk>
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 04:31:08PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
> > +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 ?
The proposed language includes both whereas the "end users of the device"
would exclude some subset use including the implicit license use case.
Thoughts?
Luis
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-30 17:53 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
2014-06-30 17:53 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
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