Am 28.11.2016 um 17:34 schrieb Kyle McMartin: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:44 AM, IgorMitsyanko > <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi Ben, Kyle, >> could you please share what is the position of linux-firmware regarding >> firmware binaries that include GPL components? Does it require entire GPL >> components codebase be present in linux-firmware tree, or maybe having this >> clause in license file is enough: >> +Open Source Software. The Software may include components that are licensed >> +pursuant to open source software (“Open Source Components”). Information >> +regarding the Open Source Components included with the Software is >> available >> +upon request to oslegal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. To the extent such Open Source >> +Components are required to be licensed to you under the terms of a separate >> +license (such as an open source license) then such other terms shall apply, >> and >> +nothing herein shall be deemed or interpreted to limit any rights you may >> have >> +under any such applicable license. >> >> From technical perspective, size of the codebase used to build Quantenna >> firmware is a few hundred MBs, it seems too much to include into >> linux-firmware tree. >> > > I don't have strong feelings one way or another. I'd prefer not having > several hundred > MB of source that's unlikely to change included in the linux-firmware > git tree. I'm also not > a lawyer, so I can't help you decide what would satisfy the > distribution clause of the GPLv2. > We already have one GPL firmware (carl9170fw) which includes the > source, but just references > a seperate toolchain for downloading, so it's only approximately 1MB > in size in the tree. > > Is your firmware source really that large, or is it just including the > entire build toolchain with it? > > regards, > --Kyle We also have open BSD licensed open-ath9k-htc-firmware. Which is locate out of source too. https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware and here is location of carl firmware: https://github.com/chunkeey/carl9170fw So, what is actual problem with Quantenna QSR10G FW? I would be really interesting to take a look on it. Is it somewhere available? Are there some devices to get hand on? -- Regards, Oleksij
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