[Buildroot] [git commit] rpi-firmware: New package

[Maxime Hadjinlian]

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:59 AM, Floris Bos <bos at je-eigen-domein.nl> wrote:
> On 01/08/2013 12:38 AM, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
>>
>> On 08/01/13 00:30, Floris Bos wrote:
>>>
>>> On 01/08/2013 12:06 AM, Maxime Hadjinlian wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 06/01/13 23:01, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> +RPI_FIRMWARE_LICENSE = BSD-3c
>>>>>> +RPI_FIRMWARE_LICENSE_FILE = boot/LICENCE.broadcom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> As Thomas pointed out, this is not BSD-3c but "Broadcom proprietary
>>>>> license".
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe it should also get
>>>>>
>>>>> RPI_FIRMWARE_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
>>>>>
>>>> So, even the binary are not free from redistributing ? I'm sorry, I
>>>> lack absolute knowledge in license... I should study this.
>>>> I will patch to add this.
>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps also copy the boot/LICENCE.broadcom file to the directory holding
>>> the boot files?
>>
>>
>>  Why? Usually when the device is redistributed, the end user doesn't even
>> have access to the filesystem. So putting license files in the root
>> filesystem is quite redundant.
>>
>
> In the case of the Raspberry, the bootloader files are always stored on the
> FAT partition of a removable SD card.
> Even inside an enclosure, they are quite more accessible to end-users than
> with other devices.
I agree with Arnout, as said Yann E. Morin in this mail :
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2013-January/064966.html,
I don't think we should worry about people using system build with
buildroot, it's the responsibility of people distributing theses
systems to inform their users about licenses, that's why the make
legal-info is for IMHO.
>
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Floris Bos
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