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On January 4, 2024 10:08:04 AM Svyatoslav Ryhel <clamor95@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

Yes, but ... you should add them to linux-firmware under the same license. That means you need to mark them as such in the WHENCE file. Feel free to cc: me for the patch so I can have a look at it.

Regards,
Arend



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