On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 5:36 PM Josh Boyer <jwbo...@kernel.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 11:27 AM Maxime Jourdan <mjour...@baylibre.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > Below is a pull request to add the firmwares required by the Amlogic video > > decoder. > > > > The firmwares were dumped from GPLv2+ in-kernel source files from Amlogic's > > vendor kernel, in their buildroot package > > "buildroot_openlinux_kernel_4.9_wayland_20180316" > > > > You can find an example of such a file in an older kernel here: > > https://github.com/hardkernel/linux/blob/odroidc2-3.14.y/drivers/amlogic/amports/arch/ucode/mpeg12/vmpeg12_mc.c > > > > The corresponding driver is currently being upstreamed: > > https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/cover/993093/ > > > > Regards, > > Maxime > > > > The following changes since commit 7c81f23ad903f72e87e2102d8f52408305c0f7a2: > > > > ti-connectivity: add firmware for CC2560(A) Bluetooth (2018-10-01 > > 10:08:30 -0400) > > > > are available in the Git repository at: > > > > https://github.com/Elyotna/linux-firmware.git > > This seems questionable to me. You have the license listed as GPLv2 > or later, which is what the header file originally had but you have no > corresponding source included in your commit and it's completely > unclear who would be fulfilling the GPL obligations around this. Even > less clear is how one would take whatever source is provided and turn > them back into the binaries you've provided. Have you contacted AM > Logic to see if they can post the firmware files themselves or confirm > the license should be GPLv2? > > josh >
Hi Josh, I see your point. The "source" files that are GPLv2+ in the vendor kernel only contain binary arrays, and there is no actual source code available for these firmwares. I had hoped this would at least mean we could redistribute the binary firmwares. I will contact Amlogic and (hopefully) follow up with clarified licensing regarding the firmwares. Regards, Maxime
