Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 18/18] Documentation: ACPI for ARM64 | Date | Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:11:13 +0200 |
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On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 08:22:59 PM Matthew Garrett wrote: > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 09:37:42PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > There are no implied IP issues with using the information there I know of and > > if there's any fine print anywhere that may suggest so, please let me know. > > Using the information should be fine, but my understanding of the UEFI > forum rules is that any submissions to UEFI specs must be from UEFI > forum members - there are concerns around accidentally including > patented material.
The documents in question are not regarded as UEFI specs, however. They are just hosted by UEFI.
> The easy way around this is just for the bindings to > be managed outside UEFI.
Again, there's a difference between UEFI material and the UEFI hosting something (but not maintaining it).
In principle, the bindings could be hosted by UEFI, but maintained by community members.
Rafael
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