On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 10:07:21AM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 08:45:37AM +0200, Andrzej Pietrasiewicz wrote: > > Hi Felipe, > > > > W dniu 30.04.2014 18:24, Felipe Balbi pisze: > > >On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 11:17:11AM +0200, Andrzej Pietrasiewicz wrote: > > >>There is a custom (non-USB IF) extension to the USB standard: > > >> > > >>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/gg463182 > > >> > > > > > > >are you sure there isn't some crappy patent from MS which would prevent > > >us from implementing this ? > > > > > > > Under the link mentioned above there is a scrollable area under the heading > > "Please read the license agreement before continuing". > > In the said "license agreement" there is Section 2, "GRANT OF LICENSE", > > where letter (b) reads: > > > > "Patent license. Microsoft hereby grants to You a nonexclusive, > > royalty-free, nontransferable, worldwide license under Microsoft’s > > patents embodied solely within the Specification and that are owned > > or licensable by Microsoft to make, use, import, offer to sell, > > sell and distribute directly or indirectly to Your Licensees > > Your Implementation. You may sublicense this patent license > > to Your Licensees under the same terms and conditions." > > > > I am not a native speaker nor a lawyer, but it seems to me that > > they do grant a royalty-free license to their patents used in the > > specification, for the purpose of (among others) making > > "Our Implementation" and distributing it to "Our Licensees". > > And "We" do have "Our Licensees", who are anyone using Linux - > > anyone using Linux agrees to the GPL. > > If you send us a patch with a Signed-off-by: with your name and email > address on it, that's all that matters, so this should be fine. ok, thanks guys. I'll just wait for a version which defines an os_string structure. -- balbi
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