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From: "Manlunas, Felix" <Felix.Manlunas@cavium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-firmware] linux-firmware: liquidio: fix GPL
 compliance issue
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:34:42 +0000
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 04:50:51PM -0700, Felix Manlunas wrote:
> Part of the code inside the lio_vsw_23xx.bin firmware image is under GPL,
> but the LICENCE.cavium file neglects to indicate that.  However,
> LICENCE.cavium does correctly specify the license that covers the other
> Cavium firmware images that do not contain any GPL code.
>=20
> Fix the GPL compliance issue by adding a new file, LICENCE.cavium_liquidi=
o,
> which correctly shows the GPL boilerplate.  This new file specifies the
> licenses for all liquidio firmware, including the ones that do not have
> GPL code.
>=20
> Change the liquidio section of WHENCE to point to LICENCE.cavium_liquidio=
.
>=20
> Reported-by: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Manish Awasthi <manish.awasthi@cavium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Manoj Panicker <manojkumar.panicker@cavium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Faisal Masood <faisal.masood@cavium.com>
> Signed-off-by: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@cavium.com>
> ---
>  LICENCE.cavium_liquidio | 429 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
++++++
>  WHENCE                  |   2 +-
>  2 files changed, 430 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 LICENCE.cavium_liquidio

Hello Maintainers of linux-firmware.git,

Any feedback about this patch?

Thanks,
Felix