Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 04 Dec 2012 09:06:03 -0700 | From | Tim Gardner <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] linux-firmware: cx23885: update to Version 2.06.139 |
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On 12/03/2012 10:07 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 11:13 -0700, Tim Gardner wrote: >> Ben - what is your policy on extracting firmware from Windows >> drivers? > <snip> > > I'm not sure how you can say they are the same files, as you're > proposing to change the contents. The copyright on the current > files belongs to the chipset vendor, Conexant, and Hauppuage > *presumably* used firmware supplied by Conexant, but either of > them might have chosen a different licence for the versions in this > driver package. >
I guess that is the root of the issue. In light of the licensing uncertainty I think you should just drop this pull request.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Tim Gardner (1): cx23885: update to Version 2.06.139 >> >> v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw | Bin 16382 -> 16382 bytes >> v4l-cx23885-enc.fw | Bin 16382 -> 376836 bytes 2 files >> changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > How odd, these two files are currently identical to each other... > > Ben. >
Indeed they are. The comment in the bug report [0] indicates that those files should not be identical.
[0] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/569615/comments/4
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