Return-Path: Message-ID: <1392772341.10088.56.camel@deadeye.wl.decadent.org.uk> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: Add hci_h4p driver From: Ben Hutchings To: Pavel Machek Cc: Sebastian Reichel , Pali =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Roh=E1r?= , =?UTF-8?Q?=D0=98=D0=B2=D0=B0=D0=B9=D0=BB=D0=BE_?= =?UTF-8?Q?=D0=94=D0=B8=D0=BC=D0=B8=D1=82=D1=80=D0=BE=D0=B2?= , linux-kernel , "linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org development" , David Woodhouse Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 01:12:21 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20140215223006.GA19186@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> References: <1379703710-5757-1-git-send-email-pali.rohar@gmail.com> <201312301531.29768@pali> <20131230145250.GA16904@earth.universe> <201401082236.25135@pali> <20140214172802.GA26969@earth.universe> <20140215223006.GA19186@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-50tEtse6rAwQs4rKTh6V" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-50tEtse6rAwQs4rKTh6V Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2014-02-15 at 23:30 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! >=20 > > > >> > Firmware files are available for download from nemo project: > > > >> > > > > >> > https://api.merproject.org/public/source/nemo:devel:hw:ti:om > > > >> > ap3:n900/bcm-bt-firmware/bcm-bt-firmware-0.21rc3.tar.bz2 > > > >> > https://api.merproject.org/public/source/nemo:devel:hw:ti:o > > > >> > map3:n950-n9/ti-wl1273-bt-firmware/bt-firmware-ti1273_0.23+0 > > > >> > m6.tar.gz > > > >> > > > >> Would be nice to have them added to the linux-firmware.git. > > > > > > > Now when driver is queued for staging, can somebody add firmware file= s > > > to linux-firmware repository? Note that without firmware files, drive= r > > > not working... > >=20 > > I just had a look at the file for the Nokia N900 > > (bcm-bt-firmware-0.21rc3.tar.bz2) and I think the license is too > > restrictive for linux-firmware.git. Actually I can't see any > > statement allowing redistribution. For reference this is the license > > text: > >=20 > > Copyright (c) Nokia Corporation 2010 > > All Rights Reserved. > >=20 > > This material, including documentation and any related computer program= s, is > > protected by copyright controlled by Nokia Corporation. All rights are > > reserved. Modifying, adapting and/or translating, any or all of this ma= terial > > requires the prior written consent of Nokia. Distribution for commercia= l > > purposes not allowed without prior written approval from Nokia. >=20 > With my lingvistics hat on, this says "distribution for non-commercial > purposes is ok". (Because otherwise, they would say "Distribution not > allowed without ...")=20 It implies that ('the exception proves the rule'), but that's not something I would like to rely on. Anyway, I think that anything added to linux-firmware.git ought to be safe to include in a commercial distribution, so a non-commercial restriction can't be accepted. Ben. --=20 Ben Hutchings Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer --=-50tEtse6rAwQs4rKTh6V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIVAwUAUwQE9ee/yOyVhhEJAQoVgw/9EhZwnAvsatF4JYRwHm4EVWgRWahHpLWO 1O5ZkhWUslNyjT7ZtynuUPpSNbJhC2E5S4RE3d6ToZ60OjNw6+WtkArknclroegU Vo5MH6LkxpUL6W7+WoIexbl1+9HKjEpqzp33PYdnOUT4aGWUcGArFs2kAnE5GM+R sHd5GwJ098A+Gm9tpq3LRoFAuCgoPxQaK994oQHhHNdj/b4N3CiTZEn44XbR2PPF qpdvLGJEPD53IhiuCYlANZkvczRXyiRIQiwyCRIYsEVirUuTuAsZP45cODPw+o1Z iOJXNxSXBKm40Ay6wnG/sb7hZUr8/OrPc71KaocKAnx50APQKaYTt3rOyspLhFKz 7sxwmUWMk05Hgskb7+00kB3FfW4HI88heiI+b7Ctya0jgt3fG0W+jnF6xFOgZwM9 +EytQUrd0MJvAcDPqj92QcixKiLL8BLxXaatbghFhBWc+ev9TW5Lxw1tRR/liif2 VmlsgOTKlkN6pVlSgI39TOzqiMwSJvoLdzJTet9idqnUvdqZAG1mPh8BF7gQBG6A 4KnjhIsbMOPQnY2jqXJJ8Z3Cpo1lDAvalRhUczVbJBsSMobjsGIDww/XPKv6+YPV 70Vr4ExUIywJ5d+EckyR5h9WVe2+FMk1EaUQ0y/RuPZT9br90rbEKMRQQ7HSLvE/ oN6ITh1yi2k= =Jlt1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-50tEtse6rAwQs4rKTh6V--