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 (If it works, it's out of date.)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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