From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
To: Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com>,
Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@linaro.org>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@linaro.org>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: parse the SPCR table
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:08:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56D899C4.5050802@hurleysoftware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56BBCA2F.3020604@redhat.com>
Hi Al,
Somehow your email was filtered. Apologies for that.
On 02/10/2016 03:39 PM, Al Stone wrote:
> On 01/27/2016 05:17 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 01/25/2016 07:11 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
>>> On 01/25/2016 03:45 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
>>>> This patchset is based on the patchset by Leif Lindholm [1]
>>>>
>>>> 'ARM Server Base Boot Requirements' [2] mention SPCR
>>>> (Serial Port Console Redirection Table) [3] as a mandatory
>>>> ACPI table that specifies the configuration of serial console.
>>>>
>>>> Licensing concerns have prevented implementing it in the past, but as of
>>>> 10 August 2015, these tables have both been released also under
>>>> OWF 1.0 [4].
>>>
>>> This license has a patent retaliation provision, which makes it
>>> incompatible with GPLv2.
>>>
>>> *If the license applies to this code*, then this patch set does not
>>> meet the criteria for submission.
>>
>> The license applies not to this code but to the document describing the tables.
>
> Just for the record, the SPCR table struct definition has been part
> of the Linux kernel since at least commit b24aad44 on 2009-07-24
> (line 1112 of include/acpi/actbl2.h) -- or so git blame tells me.
Just to be clear here:
The Microsoft specification, which defines the SPCR table struct and which
this patch series relies on, notes that patents apply. Specifically, it
says:
Patent Notice:
Microsoft is making certain patent rights available for implementations of this specification under two options:
1) Microsoft’s Community Promise, available at http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/community-promise/default.aspx; or
2) The Open Web Foundation Final Specification Agreement Version 1.0 ("OWF 1.0") as of October 1, 2012, available at http://www.openwebfoundation.org/legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owfa-1-0.
Version 1.03 — August 10, 2015
I don't believe either of those patent licenses are GPL compatible.
Unless you're saying Red Hat is signing off on this?
Regards,
Peter Hurley
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From: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
To: Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com>,
Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@linaro.org>,
linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org,
Graeme Gregory <graeme.gregory@linaro.org>,
Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: parse the SPCR table
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:08:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56D899C4.5050802@hurleysoftware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56BBCA2F.3020604@redhat.com>
Hi Al,
Somehow your email was filtered. Apologies for that.
On 02/10/2016 03:39 PM, Al Stone wrote:
> On 01/27/2016 05:17 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 01/25/2016 07:11 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
>>> On 01/25/2016 03:45 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
>>>> This patchset is based on the patchset by Leif Lindholm [1]
>>>>
>>>> 'ARM Server Base Boot Requirements' [2] mention SPCR
>>>> (Serial Port Console Redirection Table) [3] as a mandatory
>>>> ACPI table that specifies the configuration of serial console.
>>>>
>>>> Licensing concerns have prevented implementing it in the past, but as of
>>>> 10 August 2015, these tables have both been released also under
>>>> OWF 1.0 [4].
>>>
>>> This license has a patent retaliation provision, which makes it
>>> incompatible with GPLv2.
>>>
>>> *If the license applies to this code*, then this patch set does not
>>> meet the criteria for submission.
>>
>> The license applies not to this code but to the document describing the tables.
>
> Just for the record, the SPCR table struct definition has been part
> of the Linux kernel since at least commit b24aad44 on 2009-07-24
> (line 1112 of include/acpi/actbl2.h) -- or so git blame tells me.
Just to be clear here:
The Microsoft specification, which defines the SPCR table struct and which
this patch series relies on, notes that patents apply. Specifically, it
says:
Patent Notice:
Microsoft is making certain patent rights available for implementations of this specification under two options:
1) Microsoft’s Community Promise, available at http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/community-promise/default.aspx; or
2) The Open Web Foundation Final Specification Agreement Version 1.0 ("OWF 1.0") as of October 1, 2012, available at http://www.openwebfoundation.org/legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owfa-1-0.
Version 1.03 — August 10, 2015
I don't believe either of those patent licenses are GPL compatible.
Unless you're saying Red Hat is signing off on this?
Regards,
Peter Hurley
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From: peter@hurleysoftware.com (Peter Hurley)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: parse the SPCR table
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 12:08:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56D899C4.5050802@hurleysoftware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56BBCA2F.3020604@redhat.com>
Hi Al,
Somehow your email was filtered. Apologies for that.
On 02/10/2016 03:39 PM, Al Stone wrote:
> On 01/27/2016 05:17 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 01/25/2016 07:11 PM, Peter Hurley wrote:
>>> On 01/25/2016 03:45 AM, Aleksey Makarov wrote:
>>>> This patchset is based on the patchset by Leif Lindholm [1]
>>>>
>>>> 'ARM Server Base Boot Requirements' [2] mention SPCR
>>>> (Serial Port Console Redirection Table) [3] as a mandatory
>>>> ACPI table that specifies the configuration of serial console.
>>>>
>>>> Licensing concerns have prevented implementing it in the past, but as of
>>>> 10 August 2015, these tables have both been released also under
>>>> OWF 1.0 [4].
>>>
>>> This license has a patent retaliation provision, which makes it
>>> incompatible with GPLv2.
>>>
>>> *If the license applies to this code*, then this patch set does not
>>> meet the criteria for submission.
>>
>> The license applies not to this code but to the document describing the tables.
>
> Just for the record, the SPCR table struct definition has been part
> of the Linux kernel since at least commit b24aad44 on 2009-07-24
> (line 1112 of include/acpi/actbl2.h) -- or so git blame tells me.
Just to be clear here:
The Microsoft specification, which defines the SPCR table struct and which
this patch series relies on, notes that patents apply. Specifically, it
says:
Patent Notice:
Microsoft is making certain patent rights available for implementations of this specification under two options:
1) Microsoft?s Community Promise, available at http://www.microsoft.com/openspecifications/en/us/programs/community-promise/default.aspx; or
2) The Open Web Foundation Final Specification Agreement Version 1.0 ("OWF 1.0") as of October 1, 2012, available at http://www.openwebfoundation.org/legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owfa-1-0.
Version 1.03 ? August 10, 2015
I don't believe either of those patent licenses are GPL compatible.
Unless you're saying Red Hat is signing off on this?
Regards,
Peter Hurley
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-03 20:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 69+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-25 11:45 [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: parse the SPCR table Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 11:45 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 11:45 ` [PATCH 1/3] printk: make preferred_console local static bool Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 11:45 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 12:45 ` Joe Perches
2016-01-25 12:45 ` Joe Perches
2016-01-25 12:45 ` Joe Perches
2016-01-25 12:51 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 12:51 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 13:23 ` Joe Perches
2016-01-25 13:23 ` Joe Perches
2016-01-25 13:23 ` Joe Perches
2016-01-25 13:28 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 13:28 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 16:14 ` Peter Hurley
2016-01-25 16:14 ` Peter Hurley
2016-01-25 14:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-25 14:24 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-25 14:55 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 14:55 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 11:45 ` [PATCH 2/3] ACPI: parse SPCR and enable matching console Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 11:45 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 14:14 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-25 14:14 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-25 15:07 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 15:07 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 16:32 ` Peter Hurley
2016-01-25 16:32 ` Peter Hurley
2016-01-27 13:57 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-27 13:57 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-28 0:45 ` Peter Hurley
2016-01-28 0:45 ` Peter Hurley
2016-01-28 13:23 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-28 13:23 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-28 19:40 ` Peter Hurley
2016-01-28 19:40 ` Peter Hurley
2016-02-01 9:01 ` Graeme Gregory
2016-02-01 9:01 ` Graeme Gregory
2016-02-01 9:13 ` Graeme Gregory
2016-02-01 9:13 ` Graeme Gregory
2016-01-25 11:45 ` [PATCH 3/3] serial: pl011: add acpi_match for amba-pl011.c Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 11:45 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 14:21 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-25 14:21 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-25 14:22 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-25 14:22 ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-01-25 15:08 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 15:08 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-25 16:11 ` [PATCH 0/3] ACPI: parse the SPCR table Peter Hurley
2016-01-25 16:11 ` Peter Hurley
2016-01-27 12:17 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-27 12:17 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-27 12:17 ` Aleksey Makarov
2016-01-27 13:45 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-01-27 13:45 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-01-27 13:45 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2016-02-01 5:46 ` Jon Masters
2016-02-01 5:46 ` Jon Masters
2016-02-01 5:46 ` Jon Masters
2016-02-10 23:39 ` Al Stone
2016-02-10 23:39 ` Al Stone
2016-03-03 20:08 ` Peter Hurley [this message]
2016-03-03 20:08 ` Peter Hurley
2016-03-03 20:08 ` Peter Hurley
[not found] ` <67709E22-E82E-40BA-A271-2107608F4EF3@redhat.com>
2016-03-04 19:34 ` Peter Hurley
2016-03-04 19:34 ` Peter Hurley
2016-03-04 20:03 ` Peter Hurley
2016-03-04 20:03 ` Peter Hurley
2016-03-04 20:03 ` Peter Hurley
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