Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: Add hci_h4p driver

[Ben Hutchings]

On Sat, 2014-02-15 at 23:30 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > >> > Firmware files are available for download from nemo project:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > https://api.merproject.org/public/source/nemo:devel:hw:ti:om
> > > >> > ap3:n900/bcm-bt-firmware/bcm-bt-firmware-0.21rc3.tar.bz2
> > > >> > https://api.merproject.org/public/source/nemo:devel:hw:ti:o
> > > >> > map3:n950-n9/ti-wl1273-bt-firmware/bt-firmware-ti1273_0.23+0
> > > >> > m6.tar.gz
> > > >>
> > > >> Would be nice to have them added to the linux-firmware.git.
> > > >
> > > Now when driver is queued for staging, can somebody add firmware files
> > > to linux-firmware repository? Note that without firmware files, driver
> > > not working...
> > 
> > I just had a look at the file for the Nokia N900
> > (bcm-bt-firmware-0.21rc3.tar.bz2) and I think the license is too
> > restrictive for linux-firmware.git. Actually I can't see any
> > statement allowing redistribution. For reference this is the license
> > text:
> > 
> > Copyright (c) Nokia Corporation 2010
> > All Rights Reserved.
> > 
> > This material, including documentation and any related computer programs, is
> > protected by copyright controlled by Nokia Corporation. All rights are
> > reserved. Modifying, adapting and/or translating, any or all of this material
> > requires the prior written consent of Nokia. Distribution for commercial
> > purposes not allowed without prior written approval from Nokia.
> 
> With my lingvistics hat on, this says "distribution for non-commercial
> purposes is ok". (Because otherwise, they would say "Distribution not
> allowed without ...") 

It implies that ('the exception proves the rule'), but that's not
something I would like to rely on.

Anyway, I think that anything added to linux-firmware.git ought to be
safe to include in a commercial distribution, so a non-commercial
restriction can't be accepted.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer

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