Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Update to Binary Firmware Exceptions

2012-10-25 Thread Adam Williamson
On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 17:10 -0400, Tom Callaway wrote: > On 10/24/2012 06:30 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > I don't want to sound too alarmist, but these laser-focused changes > > aimed at the Pi seem slightly worrying to me in the context of: > > > > http://airlied.livejournal.com/76383.html >

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Update to Binary Firmware Exceptions

2012-10-25 Thread Tom Callaway
On 10/24/2012 06:30 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > I don't want to sound too alarmist, but these laser-focused changes > aimed at the Pi seem slightly worrying to me in the context of: > > http://airlied.livejournal.com/76383.html > > If the firmware is as useless and anti-F/OSS as Dave suggests,

Re: Update to Binary Firmware Exceptions

2012-10-24 Thread Adam Williamson
On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 10:56 -0400, Tom Callaway wrote: > Two minor exceptions have been added to the Licensing Guidelines: > > A new exception has been added to permit prebuilt binary QEMU ROMs > implementing BIOS or Firmware for QEMU system targets to be packaged in > those situations where it is

Update to Binary Firmware Exceptions

2012-10-24 Thread Tom Callaway
Two minor exceptions have been added to the Licensing Guidelines: A new exception has been added to permit prebuilt binary QEMU ROMs implementing BIOS or Firmware for QEMU system targets to be packaged in those situations where it is not practical or possible to build them from source, as long as