[PULL] ath11k firmware 20211223

[Josh Boyer]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 5:45 AM Kalle Valo <kvalo at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Josh,
>
> Josh Boyer <jwboyer at kernel.org> writes:
>
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 9:03 AM Kalle Valo <kvalo at qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>  WHENCE                           |   14 +-
> >>  ath11k/IPQ6018/hw1.0/Notice.txt  |   48 +-
> >
> > These Notice files seem problematic.  They're clearly well intended,
> > but they have language that alludes to an agreement with Atheros and a
> > confidential nature to some of the files.  Specifically:
> >
> > "...your use of these software
> > components together with the Qualcomm Atheros software (Qualcomm
> > Atheros software hereinafter referred to as “Software”) is
> > subject to the terms of your agreement from Qualcomm Atheros."
> >
> > Nobody has an opportunity to agree to anything with Atheros when they
> > consume the files from linux-firmware.  There's also no explicit grant
> > of redistribution for any of these files.
>
> So this file we are discussing is the notice.txt file. In the WHENCE
> file the actual license for ath11k is:
>
> Licence: Redistributable. See LICENSE.QualcommAtheros_ath10k for details

Then is the notice.txt file needed at all?  If a user or distribution
were to install this firmware, is the expectation that the notice.txt
file also be installed?

> Does that cover your concerns about redistribution?

Not really.  I understand the logic, but if the binding license for
the firmware is LICENSE.QualcommAtheros_ath10k but we still need
notice.txt for some reason, they conflict.  It's ambiguous at best.

josh

> I'm still working on your other comment about notice.txt, will get back
> on that later.
>
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