From 9c71af939b51ce1431087acfb5b0f61c0b491c63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:47:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: Say that files must be listed in WHENCE, and how to check it - Say that new files must, not 'should', be listed in WHENCE - State the expected form of a reference to a separate licence file - Mention 'make check' Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- README | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index cdaecf0..77ff010 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -16,16 +16,19 @@ diff or preferably a git pull request to: linux-firmware@kernel.org and also cc: to related mailing lists. -Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly -identifying the license under which the firmware is available, and +If your commit adds new firmware, it must update the WHENCE file to +clearly state the license under which the firmware is available, and that it is redistributable. Being redistributable includes ensuring the firmware license provided includes an implicit or explicit patent grant to end users to ensure full functionality of device operation with the firmware. If the license is long and involved, it's permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the -WHENCE file. +WHENCE file ('See LICENSE.foo for details.'). And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself. +Run 'make check' to check that WHENCE is consistent with the +repository contents. + Ideally, your commit should contain a Signed-Off-By: from someone authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from within the company that owns the code).