"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcg...@do-not-panic.com> writes: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Kalle Valo <kv...@qca.qualcomm.com> wrote: > >> + NO LICENSES OR OTHER RIGHTS, >> +WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, BASED ON ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, ARE GRANTED >> +TO ANY PARTY'S PATENTS, PATENT APPLICATIONS, OR PATENTABLE INVENTIONS >> +BY VIRTUE OF THIS LICENSE OR THE DELIVERY OR PROVISION BY QUALCOMM >> +ATHEROS, INC. OF THE SOFTWARE. > > This -- however is new to linux-firmware -- and I hereby raise a big > red fucking flag. All other licenses on linux-firmware provide at the > very least a limited patent grant. What makes Qualcomm special ?
Well, I was just told to use this license with our firmware, I didn't write this. -- Kalle Valo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
