From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A4D198005 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:22:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D437321C009; Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:22:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f172.google.com (mail-ia0-f172.google.com [209.85.210.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DCA6AE04C1 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:22:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f172.google.com with SMTP id l29so6643430iag.3 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:22:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=ltIYUQyhE8gsUyT60tPrn5j6NKyE5KQP8IC99NrMz9U=; b=D7yDmMxoQ0v313X4GTLbj99j6tVI6TVZqv6M5nft5Pf1SMIUKm+2vJDS0rXi59WAYw cUco2gPU2l3JrIVstSTLCG7ubTTgJzwoOrdE3iFrIvUXKDAY69M6y+GvgS5MbRAZ3azI KP8GWVG9Dt5cZdY1pT3tFDN14PLNWgRppyY5QiQ6bYhopWQt0AkJC7gue21nk/pTXKj1 oZXLxpiS64Soi/eQz4kRxjCHtwR8njp0mtoLN4HLDH3rvE6CoTIOw+PwDEb0K2ujZr0U aGOscKKdzs8CSSrj3pPFL5Acwr0HB9KXdgwPR1vSWSZmhGinN/jIMF4wPRAJZZ81x+pU N6yA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.193.200 with SMTP id hq8mr13577440igc.101.1361481769008; Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:22:49 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.21.98 with HTTP; Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:22:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20774.34588.927663.247047@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> References: <5124CCE9.50203@flameeyes.eu> <20130220182232.GA11082@kroah.com> <20130220182514.8755.qmail@stuge.se> <20130220184322.GA12009@kroah.com> <51251B23.7050406@flameeyes.eu> <20130221172652.GA13746@kroah.com> <20774.26764.442528.976419@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20130221195534.GA25951@kroah.com> <20774.34588.927663.247047@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:22:48 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: FILbbNcLTVFg3diy_EdBv_YaLR8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: linux-firmware From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: a0d9e02a-29f1-40d1-bc3d-b7baaa7d3eb7 X-Archives-Hash: 12dd36192dfd86e8dde0171d004f5c68 On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, 21 Feb 2013, Greg KH wrote: >> I think this is something that the Board needs to decide, after >> discussing it with our lawyers, it's not something that non-legal >> people (like myself) should be saying is the definitive answer. > > I fully agree. And IANAL, so anything that I say about license issues > should be taken with a grain of salt. My recommendation would be to have the licensing team get things as organized as they can, and escalate to the Trustees any cases where the legal situation is unclear. We can certainly seek legal counsel, but as with all matters it is best for the licensing team to just take care of issues which aren't controversial. Rich