linux-kernel - Re: Device Tree Blob (DTB) licence

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Date:	Sat, 30 May 2015 17:28:56 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	David Lang <david@...g.hm>
Cc:	"Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <weigelt@...ag.de>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Subject: Re: Device Tree Blob (DTB) licence

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 12:16 AM, David Lang <david@...g.hm> wrote:
>> If the DTS license would be a problem, it would be worse w/ ACPI
>> and any proprietary firmware/BIOSes.
>
> not true, with a proprietary bios it's a clear "pay this much money and
> don't worry about it" while with GPL there's a nagging fear that someone you
> never heard of may sue you a decade from now claiming you need to give them
> the source to your OS.

That can also happen with the proprietary BIOS. You don't know what's really
inside.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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