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

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 01:18:14PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:

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  Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly
  identifying the licence under which the firmware is available, and
-that it is redistributable. If the licence is long and involved, it's
+that it is redistributable. Being redistributable includes ensuring
+the firmware license provided includes an implicit or explicit
+patent grant to end users to ensure full functionality of device
+operation with the firmware. If the licence is long and involved, it's

Just nitpicking here, but there is 'license' and 'licence' being used here.
Better stick to one and preferably 'license'.

Fixed, will submit a v2.

Heh, it doesn't help that we now have LICENSE.* and LICENCE.* in the
tree as well. :/ I believe, at least in my Commonwealth english, that
licence is the file, and license is the action of licensing. I should
probably rename the LICENSE.* files in the tree to match.

--Kyle