On 01/25/2016 07:11 PM, Peter Hurley wrote: > On 01/25/2016 03:45 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote: >> This patchset is based on the patchset by Leif Lindholm [1] >> >> 'ARM Server Base Boot Requirements' [2] mention SPCR >> (Serial Port Console Redirection Table) [3] as a mandatory >> ACPI table that specifies the configuration of serial console. >> >> Licensing concerns have prevented implementing it in the past, but as of >> 10 August 2015, these tables have both been released also under >> OWF 1.0 [4]. > > This license has a patent retaliation provision, which makes it > incompatible with GPLv2. > > *If the license applies to this code*, then this patch set does not > meet the criteria for submission. The license applies not to this code but to the document describing the tables. Here is an excerpt from it: Patent Notice: Microsoft is making certain patent rights available for implementations of this specification under two options: 1) Microsoft’s Community Promise, available at http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/community-promise/default.aspx; or 2) The Open Web Foundation Final Specification Agreement Version 1.0 ("OWF 1.0") as of October 1, 2012, available at http://www.openwebfoundation.org/legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owfa-1-0. I believe that it means that the patch set meets the criteria for submission. Am I right? Thank you Aleksey Makarov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
