[v2] ASoC: tas2781: fix the license issue for tas781 firmware

[PATCH v2] ASoC: tas2781: fix the license issue for tas781 firmware

Posted by Shenghao Ding 1 year, 5 months ago

Fix the license issue for tas781 firmware, which are shipped as .bin
opaque. Remove the GPL-2+, which imposes having the source code
available.

Signed-off-by: Shenghao Ding <shenghao-ding@ti.com>

---
v2:
 - Drop "Found in hex form in kernel source."
 - Drop Allegedly, Add Redistributable.
v1:
 - Remove the GPL-2+ and fix the license issue.
 - Update the year of copyright.
---
 WHENCE | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/WHENCE b/WHENCE
index b2fc018..3d95a97 100644
--- a/WHENCE
+++ b/WHENCE
@@ -7384,10 +7384,8 @@ Link: TAS2XXX38E0.bin -> ti/tas2781/TAS2XXX38E0.bin
 Link: TIAS2781RCA2.bin -> ti/tas2781/TIAS2781RCA2.bin
 Link: TIAS2781RCA4.bin -> ti/tas2781/TIAS2781RCA4.bin
 
-Licence: Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:
-	 Copyright (C) 2023 Texas Instruments
-
-Found in hex form in kernel source.
+Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.ti-tspa for details. Marked:
+	 Copyright (C) 2023 - 2024 Texas Instruments
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -7397,10 +7395,8 @@ File: ti/tas2563/INT8866RCA2.bin
 Link: TAS2XXX3870.bin -> ti/tas2563/TAS2XXX3870.bin
 Link: INT8866RCA2.bin -> ti/tas2563/INT8866RCA2.bin
 
-Licence: Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:
-	 Copyright (C) 2023 Texas Instruments
-
-Found in hex form in kernel source.
+Licence: Redistributable. LICENCE.ti-tspa for details. Marked:
+	 Copyright (C) 2023 - 2024 Texas Instruments
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH v2] ASoC: tas2781: fix the license issue for tas781 firmware

Posted by Josh Boyer 1 year, 5 months ago

On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 3:01 AM Shenghao Ding <shenghao-ding@ti.com> wrote:
>
> Fix the license issue for tas781 firmware, which are shipped as .bin
> opaque. Remove the GPL-2+, which imposes having the source code
> available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shenghao Ding <shenghao-ding@ti.com>

Merged and pushed out.

https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/merge_requests/257

josh

>
> ---
> v2:
>  - Drop "Found in hex form in kernel source."
>  - Drop Allegedly, Add Redistributable.
> v1:
>  - Remove the GPL-2+ and fix the license issue.
>  - Update the year of copyright.
> ---
>  WHENCE | 12 ++++--------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/WHENCE b/WHENCE
> index b2fc018..3d95a97 100644
> --- a/WHENCE
> +++ b/WHENCE
> @@ -7384,10 +7384,8 @@ Link: TAS2XXX38E0.bin -> ti/tas2781/TAS2XXX38E0.bin
>  Link: TIAS2781RCA2.bin -> ti/tas2781/TIAS2781RCA2.bin
>  Link: TIAS2781RCA4.bin -> ti/tas2781/TIAS2781RCA4.bin
>
> -Licence: Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:
> -        Copyright (C) 2023 Texas Instruments
> -
> -Found in hex form in kernel source.
> +Licence: Redistributable. See LICENCE.ti-tspa for details. Marked:
> +        Copyright (C) 2023 - 2024 Texas Instruments
>
>  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> @@ -7397,10 +7395,8 @@ File: ti/tas2563/INT8866RCA2.bin
>  Link: TAS2XXX3870.bin -> ti/tas2563/TAS2XXX3870.bin
>  Link: INT8866RCA2.bin -> ti/tas2563/INT8866RCA2.bin
>
> -Licence: Allegedly GPLv2+, but no source visible. Marked:
> -        Copyright (C) 2023 Texas Instruments
> -
> -Found in hex form in kernel source.
> +Licence: Redistributable. LICENCE.ti-tspa for details. Marked:
> +        Copyright (C) 2023 - 2024 Texas Instruments
>
>  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>