On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:17:52 +0300 Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? This is not a forum for legal advice. I would suggest that Linaro discusses it privately with the Linux Foundation and Linus and does so under attorney-client privilege. The Linux Foundation does have some reasons to exist. Alan -- 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
