On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 03:20:28PM +0200, Karel Balej wrote: > Francesco Dolcini, 2026-04-29T13:22:32+02:00: > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 12:55:23PM +0200, Karel Balej wrote: > >> without the firmware being in linux-firmware? > > > > What's the license of this firmware? Am I wrong saying that if > > the license allows it, you could just send a patch to have it integrated > > to the linux-firmware repository? Is there any history or documentation > > on the topic (please apologize if this is a well known topic, just > > answer RTFM if this is the case). > > that's one of the issues, the license is not specified explicitly > anywhere as far as I know. That's enough to be blocked.
> As far as I know, even if I was to submit the firmware myself, it would > still require a sign-off from someone from NXP [1]. And this is clearly there to avoid situation that are problematic from a legal point of view. I do not see any way forward without NXP. Francesco > [1] > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/about/#signed-off-by-requirement
