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linux-firmware: update Atheros firmware license

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Luis Rodriguez Sept. 1, 2010, 9:01 p.m. UTC
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Luis Rodriguez April 22, 2011, 9:38 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> <lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote:
>> This makes the license Operating System agnostic and updates
>> the patent license grant for use of the firmware license specifically
>> on the Atheros chipsets.
>>
>> This allows us to share the same license between all Atheros chipsets,
>> ath9k, ath9k_htc, ath6kl, and future chipsets.
>>
>> Cc: ath9k-devel@atheros.com
>> Cc: Len Widra <len.widra@atheros.com>
>> Cc: Brian Lee <briank.lee@atheros.com>
>> Cc: Adam Tachner <atachner@atheros.com>
>> Cc: Paul Lever <Paul.Lever@atheros.com>
>> Cc: Vipin Mehta <vipin.mehta@atheros.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
>> ---
>>  LICENCE.atheros_firmware |    4 +---
>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/LICENCE.atheros_firmware b/LICENCE.atheros_firmware
>> index d336492..e0ebdac 100644
>> --- a/LICENCE.atheros_firmware
>> +++ b/LICENCE.atheros_firmware
>> @@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it
>>  now or hereafter owns or controls to make, have made, use, import,
>>  offer to sell and sell ("Utilize") this software, but solely to
>>  the extent that any such patent is necessary to Utilize the software
>> -alone, or in combination with an operating system licensed under an
>> -approved Open Source license as listed by the Open Source Initiative
>> -at http://opensource.org/licenses.  The patent license shall not
>> +in conjunction with an Atheros Chipset. The patent license shall not
>>  apply to any other combinations which include this software. No
>>  hardware per se is licensed hereunder.
>>
>
> Just a friendly reminder.

David,

Just noticed this was never applied.

  Luis
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Luis Rodriguez April 22, 2011, 9:50 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
> <lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
>> <lrodriguez@atheros.com> wrote:
>>> This makes the license Operating System agnostic and updates
>>> the patent license grant for use of the firmware license specifically
>>> on the Atheros chipsets.
>>>
>>> This allows us to share the same license between all Atheros chipsets,
>>> ath9k, ath9k_htc, ath6kl, and future chipsets.
>>>
>>> Cc: ath9k-devel@atheros.com
>>> Cc: Len Widra <len.widra@atheros.com>
>>> Cc: Brian Lee <briank.lee@atheros.com>
>>> Cc: Adam Tachner <atachner@atheros.com>
>>> Cc: Paul Lever <Paul.Lever@atheros.com>
>>> Cc: Vipin Mehta <vipin.mehta@atheros.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@atheros.com>
>>> ---
>>>  LICENCE.atheros_firmware |    4 +---
>>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/LICENCE.atheros_firmware b/LICENCE.atheros_firmware
>>> index d336492..e0ebdac 100644
>>> --- a/LICENCE.atheros_firmware
>>> +++ b/LICENCE.atheros_firmware
>>> @@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it
>>>  now or hereafter owns or controls to make, have made, use, import,
>>>  offer to sell and sell ("Utilize") this software, but solely to
>>>  the extent that any such patent is necessary to Utilize the software
>>> -alone, or in combination with an operating system licensed under an
>>> -approved Open Source license as listed by the Open Source Initiative
>>> -at http://opensource.org/licenses.  The patent license shall not
>>> +in conjunction with an Atheros Chipset. The patent license shall not
>>>  apply to any other combinations which include this software. No
>>>  hardware per se is licensed hereunder.
>>>
>>
>> Just a friendly reminder.
>
> David,
>
> Just noticed this was never applied.

I'll resubmit with the ath6kl firmware now.

  Luis
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diff --git a/LICENCE.atheros_firmware b/LICENCE.atheros_firmware
index d336492..e0ebdac 100644
--- a/LICENCE.atheros_firmware
+++ b/LICENCE.atheros_firmware
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@  world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license under patents it
 now or hereafter owns or controls to make, have made, use, import,
 offer to sell and sell ("Utilize") this software, but solely to
 the extent that any such patent is necessary to Utilize the software
-alone, or in combination with an operating system licensed under an
-approved Open Source license as listed by the Open Source Initiative
-at http://opensource.org/licenses.  The patent license shall not
+in conjunction with an Atheros Chipset. The patent license shall not
 apply to any other combinations which include this software. No
 hardware per se is licensed hereunder.