On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 08:16:22PM -0500, Richard Freeman wrote: > On 12/28/2009 05:53 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: >> You're wrong there. The kernel does contain additional licenses, and >> EXPLICITLY mentions them. Go and read 'firmware/WHENCE'. >> >> The licenses listed therein range from use-permitted only >> no-modification, to GPL-compliant and BSD-like. >> > > I stand corrected. Somebody should tell Linus that his readme/copying is a > bit misleading. They really shouldn't bury licenses in subdirectories.
No, the readme/copying is correct, it covers all of the code that runs on the processor as one body of work. Firmware blobs are different in that they do not run in the same processor, and can be of a different license. thanks, greg k-h
