Re: [PATCH v2] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents

2015-07-14 Thread Kyle McMartin
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 06:02:56PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez > > wrote: > >> This v2 just changes "licence" to "license" as requested by Arend. > > > > Please let me know if th

Re: [PATCH v2] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents

2015-06-11 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez > wrote: >> This v2 just changes "licence" to "license" as requested by Arend. > > Please let me know if there is anything else needed. Just a friendly reminder. Luis -- To unsubscrib

Re: [PATCH v2] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents

2015-05-28 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > This v2 just changes "licence" to "license" as requested by Arend. Please let me know if there is anything else needed. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord.

[PATCH v2] README: clarify redistribution requirements covering patents

2015-05-19 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Firmware licenses on linux-firmware should include an implicit or explicit patent grant to end users for full device operation otherwise it would start making linux-firmware useless for many Linux distributions which have positions against patent encumbered software [0]