On 01/27/2016 08:45 AM, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > 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. Thanks for the reply, Alan. Can folks discuss and let me know off list if another license change is subsequently requested for this table? I spoke with Microsoft about this and they graciously made the previous license change. I am willing to connect additional dots off-list. Jon. -- 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
