Am 28.11.2016 um 18:10 schrieb Oleksij Rempel: > 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? After seeing specs of this device i have strong feeling that "some open source part" is actual linux kernel. -- Regards, Oleksij
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