[Buildroot] [PATCH 3/3] rpi-firmware: New package

[Maxime Hadjinlian]

On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:05 AM, Alex Bradbury <asb at asbradbury.org> wrote:
> On 5 January 2013 22:55, Maxime Hadjinlian <maxime.hadjinlian at gmail.com> wrote:
>> +RPI_FIRMWARE_VERSION = 76d0ac38f16b6343c6155c80db1e4758b3a5838a
>> +RPI_FIRMWARE_SITE = http://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tarball/master
>> +RPI_FIRMWARE_LICENSE = BSD-3c
>> +RPI_FIRMWARE_LICENSE_FILE = boot/LICENCE.broadcom
>
> Although at a glance the licence file looks like 3-clause BSD (which
> the licence for the Raspberry Pi 'userland' code is), it's actually
> not. It only allows distribution without modification and has the
> condition "This software may only be used for the purposes of
> developing for, running or using a Raspberry Pi device." The license
> is of course derived from the BSD license, and looks pretty similar to
> the license Intel uses for various wlan firmware.
So what should be put as a license for this package then ? I'm
actually pretty ignorant on the subject I must say.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex