commit: da0574c5b5db9bd2077203048727da6e6b029bec Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Jan 19 10:04:46 2023 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sat Jan 21 16:54:11 2023 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=da0574c5
licenses: Add note about binary-only images to linux-fw-redistributable Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/891381 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> licenses/linux-fw-redistributable | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/licenses/linux-fw-redistributable b/licenses/linux-fw-redistributable index 6cafc451e44d..321888c3a542 100644 --- a/licenses/linux-fw-redistributable +++ b/licenses/linux-fw-redistributable @@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ many of them being non-free. However, all images whose license is subsumed under this license label should at least be redistributable. You will need to check the WHENCE and LICEN[CS]E.* files in the package for specific licensing terms. + +Some firmware images are distributed under a free software license +(e.g. MIT or BSD), but only in binary form. These images are non-free +in spite of their license, because their source code is not available.
