Re: [PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware
From: M. Warner Losh <hidden>
Date: 2010-03-25 23:53:43
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Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)
- 2010-03-26 · Re: [PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware · Grant Likely <hidden>
- 2010-03-26 · Re: [PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware · Mitch Bradley <hidden>
- 2010-03-26 · Re: [PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware · Grant Likely <hidden>
- 2010-03-26 · Re: [PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware · Timur Tabi <hidden>
- 2010-03-26 · Re: [PATCH] powerpc/fsl: add device tree binding for QE firmware · Mitch Bradley <hidden>
In message: [off-list ref]
Timur Tabi [off-list ref] writes:
: The initrd thing is a good idea, but it doesn't help non-Linux
: operating systems. Then again, those OS's might not have any GPL
: issues, so it could be a moot point.
Most !linux systems are not GPL'd. They are BSDL, primarily, or some
private license between seller and buyer. In any event, other OSes
likely won't have the GPL issue.
But I'm confused. If you can't distribute the binary firmware, why
can you distribute the hex dump of the firmware?
Warner