From: Luis R. Rodriguez Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:00:38 +0000 (-0700) Subject: linux-firmware: update Atheros firmware license X-Git-Url: https://spindle.queued.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b4fcf7a9e8651a87587d09477b90160445c186d6;p=linux-firmware linux-firmware: update Atheros firmware license 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 Cc: Brian Lee Cc: Adam Tachner Cc: Paul Lever Cc: Vipin Mehta Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse --- 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.