From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756594AbaF3Rxz (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:53:55 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:48255 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754774AbaF3Rxy (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:53:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:53:51 +0200 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" To: One Thousand Gnomes Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linux-firmware@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents Message-ID: <20140630175351.GL27687@wotan.suse.de> References: <1403897967-5894-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> <20140628163108.0b8b81ce@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140628163108.0b8b81ce@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 04:31:08PM +0100, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: > > +the firmware license provided includes an implicit or explicit > > +patent grant to end users to ensure full functionality of device > > +operation with the firmware. If the licence is long and involved, it's > > permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the > > WHENCE file. > > And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself. > > "end users of the device" or just "end users" > > I'm assuming the worry for most vendors is licensing it to be used on > some third party product ? The proposed language includes both whereas the "end users of the device" would exclude some subset use including the implicit license use case. Thoughts? Luis