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ср, 3 січ. 2024 р. о 20:20 Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> пише:
>
> On January 3, 2024 6:28:33 PM Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 3 січня 2024 р. 11:22:42 GMT+02:00, Arend Van Spriel
> > <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> написав(-ла):
> >> On January 3, 2024 10:14:42 AM Arend Van Spriel
> >> <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> + linux-wireless
> >>> + Hans de Goede
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On December 16, 2023 9:14:48 PM Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> сб, 16 груд. 2023 р. о 21:57 Arend van Spriel
> >>>> <arend.vanspriel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> пише:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 12/16/2023 6:45 PM, Svyatoslav Ryhel wrote:
> >>>>>> Greetings!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I am trying to submit bluetooth firmwares (BCM4329B1.*,*.hcd and
> >>>>>> BCM4330B1.*,*.hcd) and wifi calibration files
> >>>>>> (brcmfmac4329-sdio.*,*.txt and brcmfmac4329-sdio.*,*.txt) from a few
> >>>>>> Tegra 2 and Tegra 3 based devices into linux-fimware.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I have faced ambiguous license issue since those files were part of
> >>>>>> Android Images of different vendors. Those vendors did not provide a
> >>>>>> license nor for android images, not for these files.
> >>
> >> Does this mean you extracted them from the android image? That probably
> >> never get accepted without any license information.
> >
> > Can Broadcom re-grant license to these files?
> >
> > This license is for bcm4329 in crespo
> > <https://android.googlesource.com/device/samsung/crespo/+/refs/heads/main/self-extractors/broadcom/LICENSE>
>
> Actually checked this link:
>
> https://android.googlesource.com/device/samsung/crespo/+/refs/heads/main/proprietary-blobs.txt
>
> It lists the bcm4329.hcd file as falling under Apache-2.0 license. Same for
> asus/grouper.
>
> Regards,
> Arend

So this actually resolves ambiguity. Thanks

Best regards,
Svyatoslav R.





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