From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44339) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF9aZ-0007WG-Ug for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:21:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF9aT-0001XY-3E for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:21:43 -0400 Received: from smtp3.rz.tu-harburg.de ([134.28.202.138]:57284) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XF9aS-0001W8-M1 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:21:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 00:22:34 +0200 From: Reza Jelveh Message-ID: <20140806222234.GH2170@masterlulz.local> References: <20140806074054.GF2170@masterlulz.local> <53E2049E.4010106@redhat.com> <53E23125.5000009@redhat.com> <750D5743-32CA-4AFA-98ED-A9B677FFA108@apple.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <750D5743-32CA-4AFA-98ED-A9B677FFA108@apple.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [edk2] license for binary drivers List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Andrew Fish Cc: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, qemu devel list On 06/08/14 14:51, Andrew Fish wrote: > How you write a GPL licensed FAT driver seems like a legal quagmire. Pr= obably something better discussed with a lawyer. From the outside lookin= g in it seems like the IP rights are enforced by charging licensing fees = to devices that support FAT. So free can still cost you=E2=80=A6. This is about whether a Hfs driver under the GPL is acceptable not about = the FAT driver really. And about how legal it is to bundle these in a firmwar= e. The question arises because I want to know how legal it is to bundle thes= e things together along with Qemu Thanks, Reza