IPMI driver for Linux, version 7
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"Corey" == Corey Minyard <[email protected]> writes:
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... Adopters Agreement:
Before implementing the IPMI, IPMB or ICMB specifications, a royalty-free reciprocal patent license must be signed. Please follow the steps below to sign the IPMI Adopters Agreement: ... · Adopter hereby grants to the Promoters and to Fellow Adopters, and the Promoters hereby grant to Adopter, a nonexclusive, royalty-free, nontransferable, nonsublicenseable, worldwide license under its Necessary Claims to make, have made, use, import, offer to sell and sell products which comply with the Specification; provided that such license shall not extend to features of a product which are not required to comply with the Specification or for which there exists a feasible, noninfringing alternative. ...
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Am I right that this makes it impossible to include an IPMI driver into the kernel (this isn't GPL-compatible)?
Corey> I do not read it so, but perhaps you are right. I will ask. Corey> I'm sure I will receive a resounding "maybe" as the answer.
I suspect the licence refers to the firmware bottom half, not the driver to access it.
Peter C