linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] linux-firmware: cx23885: update to Version 2.06.139

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Message-ID: <50BE1F6B.8030909@canonical.com>
Date:	Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:06:03 -0700
From:	Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
CC:	Tim Gardner <rtg.canonical@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] linux-firmware: cx23885: update to Version 2.06.139

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On 12/03/2012 10:07 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 11:13 -0700, Tim Gardner wrote:
>> Ben - what is your policy on extracting firmware from Windows 
>> drivers?
> 
<snip>
> 
> I'm not sure how you can say they are the same files, as you're 
> proposing to change the contents.  The copyright on the current 
> files belongs to the chipset vendor, Conexant, and Hauppuage 
> *presumably* used firmware supplied by Conexant, but either of
> them might have chosen a different licence for the versions in this
> driver package.
> 

I guess that is the root of the issue. In light of the licensing
uncertainty I think you should just drop this pull request.

>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>  Tim Gardner (1): cx23885: update to Version 2.06.139
>> 
>> v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw |  Bin 16382 -> 16382 bytes 
>> v4l-cx23885-enc.fw       |  Bin 16382 -> 376836 bytes 2 files 
>> changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> How odd, these two files are currently identical to each other...
> 
> Ben.
> 

Indeed they are. The comment in the bug report [0] indicates that
those files should not be identical.

[0]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/569615/comments/4

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner@...onical.com
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