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

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Message-ID: <CA+5PVA4cRtsC6a3AvW65==seufG3zoiUtL0N9PPLpYNEvNYwwQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:12:32 -0400
From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...nel.org>
To: Shenghao Ding <shenghao-ding@...com>
Cc: linux-firmware@...nel.org, 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
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ASoC: tas2781: fix the license issue for tas781 firmware

On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 3:01 AM Shenghao Ding <shenghao-ding@...com> wrote:
>
> 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>

Merged and pushed out.

https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/merge_requests/257

josh

>
> ---
> 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
>
>  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>