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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] ath10k: add firmware files
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"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> writes:

> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:45 AM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@qca.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
>> + NO LICENSES OR OTHER RIGHTS,
>> +WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, BASED ON ESTOPPEL OR OTHERWISE, ARE GRANTED
>> +TO ANY PARTY'S PATENTS, PATENT APPLICATIONS, OR PATENTABLE INVENTIONS
>> +BY VIRTUE OF THIS LICENSE OR THE DELIVERY OR PROVISION BY QUALCOMM
>> +ATHEROS, INC. OF THE SOFTWARE.
>
> This -- however is new to linux-firmware -- and I hereby raise a big
> red fucking flag. All other licenses on linux-firmware provide at the
> very least a limited patent grant. What makes Qualcomm special ?

Well, I was just told to use this license with our firmware, I didn't
write this.

--
Kalle Valo


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