linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] ASoC: tas2781: fix the license issue for tas781 firmware

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Message-ID: <20240718070022.591-1-shenghao-ding@ti.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:00:22 +0800
From: Shenghao Ding <shenghao-ding@...com>
To: <linux-firmware@...nel.org>
CC: <zigo@...ian.org>, <baojun.xu@...com>, <13564923607@....com>,
        <v-po@...com>, <linux-sound@...r.kernel.org>, <robinchen@...com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <mimperial@...ovo.com>,
        <cchen50@...ovo.com>, <soyer@....hu>, <stuart.a.hayhurst@...il.com>,
        <navada@...com>, Shenghao Ding
	<shenghao-ding@...com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] ASoC: tas2781: fix the license issue for tas781 firmware

Fix the license issue for tas781 firmware, which are shipped as .bin
opaque. Remove the GPL-2+, which imposes having the source code
available.

Signed-off-by: Shenghao Ding <shenghao-ding@...com>

---
v2:
 - Drop "Found in hex form in kernel source."
 - Drop Allegedly, Add Redistributable.
v1:
 - Remove the GPL-2+ and fix the license issue.
 - Update the year of copyright.
---
 WHENCE | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/WHENCE b/WHENCE
index b2fc018..3d95a97 100644
--- a/WHENCE
+++ b/WHENCE
@@ -7384,10 +7384,8 @@ Link: TAS2XXX38E0.bin -> ti/tas2781/TAS2XXX38E0.bin
 Link: TIAS2781RCA2.bin -> ti/tas2781/TIAS2781RCA2.bin
 Link: TIAS2781RCA4.bin -> ti/tas2781/TIAS2781RCA4.bin
 
-Licence: Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:
-	 Copyright (C) 2023 Texas Instruments
-
-Found in hex form in kernel source.
+Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.ti-tspa for details. Marked:
+	 Copyright (C) 2023 - 2024 Texas Instruments
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -7397,10 +7395,8 @@ File: ti/tas2563/INT8866RCA2.bin
 Link: TAS2XXX3870.bin -> ti/tas2563/TAS2XXX3870.bin
 Link: INT8866RCA2.bin -> ti/tas2563/INT8866RCA2.bin
 
-Licence: Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:
-	 Copyright (C) 2023 Texas Instruments
-
-Found in hex form in kernel source.
+Licence: Redistributable. LICENCE.ti-tspa for details. Marked:
+	 Copyright (C) 2023 - 2024 Texas Instruments
 
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