Return-Path: Subject: Re: [PATCH] DFU Driver and firmware for Atheros bluetooth chipset AR3011 From: Marcel Holtmann To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: Vikram Kandukuri , "linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org" , Luis Rodriguez In-Reply-To: <20091117174533.GB11382@tux> References: <20091117143613.GA29705@atheros-laptop> <1258469940.2003.25.camel@violet> <20091117174533.GB11382@tux> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:29:01 +0100 Message-ID: <1258489741.2003.32.camel@violet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-bluetooth-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Luis, > > > diff --git a/firmware/atherosbt.bin b/firmware/atherosbt.bin > > > new file mode 100644 > > > index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4a5ffb8de898fab1595662742f287493689e2b3b > > > GIT binary patch > > > > What license is on this firmware. We can't include it into the Linux > > kernel unless it us under GPL. > > Actually GPL-compatible. true. > > If it is a binary license and has a > > proper distribution license then it can go to the linux-firmware tree > > once you fixed the name of it of course. > > Vikram, you can use this firmware if you are not opening up the firmware: > > http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mcgrof/firmware/LICENCE.atheros_firmware > > Our legal department has given us the blessing to use this for our firmware for > 802.11 when we don't open it up and release it under a GPL-compatible license. I am more than happy to work on getting a fully open source and GPL compatible firmware into the kernel, but until then, this needs to be send to the linux-firmware tree with a similar LICENSE file. Regards Marcel