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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:53:51 +0200 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com> To: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>, linux-firmware@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 04:31:08PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > > +the firmware license provided includes an implicit or explicit > > +patent grant to end users to ensure full functionality of device > > +operation with the firmware. If the licence is long and involved, it's > > permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the > > WHENCE file. > > And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself. > > "end users of the device" or just "end users" > > I'm assuming the worry for most vendors is licensing it to be used on > some third party product ? The proposed language includes both whereas the "end users of the device" would exclude some subset use including the implicit license use case. Thoughts? Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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