On 05/27/2018 10:37, Hans de Goede wrote:
Hi,
On 18-05-18 09:04, Hans de Goede wrote:
Hi,
On 15-05-18 10:43, Arend van Spriel wrote:
On 5/14/2018 2:05 PM, Josh Boyer wrote:
n Mon, May 14, 2018 at 6:11 AM Arend van Spriel <
arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 3/16/2018 3:08 PM, Chi-Hsien Lin wrote:
Update brcm firmware files and WHENCE accordingly.
Hi firmware-maintainers,
It seems this series somehow got lost. Can these still be applied.
They
can be found in the linux-wireless patchwork database. I provided
links
below.
All 5 of these move the respective firmware files under the Cypress
license. It has been pointed out that the Cypress license has some
questionable language in it and that people have been in touch to
try and
get this resolved. I'm personally waiting on applying them until the
licence issue is sorted out.
Thanks, Josh
I could not find any such response. Has it been taken off-list? Seems
like 2 months is quite some time, but maybe there are lawyers
involved ;-)
Yes the discussion about this has been happening off-list. IANAL but
the gist of it is (AFAIK) that:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/LICENCE.cypress
has a clause which allows Cypress to retro-actively revoke the LICENSE:
"either party may terminate this Agreement at any time with or without
cause."
...
"Upon termination, you must destroy all copies of Software in your
possession or
control."
So upon revokation we would have to remove the files from linux-firmware
(rewrite git history?) and since distros get their redistribution rights
from this license too they would also need to remove it from their
packages
including all mirrors and archives of older versions. Which simply is not
feasible and no other license in linux-firmware has such a clause.
Chi-Hsien or other people from Cypress, any progress on getting the license
updated to remove the troublesome termination without cause clause?
Hi all,
I have received the updated license from the Legal department today.
Have just submitted a V4 with the updated license.
Regards,
Chi-hsien Lin
Non of the other vendors with firmware in Linux firmware deem it necessary
to have such a patch.
Given that the proposed firmware updates which this is blocking are
*SECURITY* fixes it would be good to get this resolved ASAP.
Regards,
Hans
