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Message-ID: <87ob18ogj2.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:07:29 +0200
From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
CC: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
<ath10k@...ts.infradead.org>,
"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ath10k: add firmware files
"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com> writes:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
>> + NO LICENSES OR OTHER RIGHTS,
>> +WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, BASED ON ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, ARE GRANTED
>> +TO ANY PARTY'S PATENTS, PATENT APPLICATIONS, OR PATENTABLE INVENTIONS
>> +BY VIRTUE OF THIS LICENSE OR THE DELIVERY OR PROVISION BY QUALCOMM
>> +ATHEROS, INC. OF THE SOFTWARE.
>
> This -- however is new to linux-firmware -- and I hereby raise a big
> red fucking flag. All other licenses on linux-firmware provide at the
> very least a limited patent grant. What makes Qualcomm special ?
Well, I was just told to use this license with our firmware, I didn't
write this.
--
Kalle Valo
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