Browse Source

bcm2835-bootfiles: Clarify license conditions

We define a new 'Broadcom-RPi' license and include the full text in our
custom-licenses directory.

Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul@betafive.co.uk>
Paul Barker 5 years ago
parent
commit
ae6611ea46
2 changed files with 30 additions and 1 deletions
  1. 29 0
      files/custom-licenses/Broadcom-RPi
  2. 1 1
      recipes-bsp/bootfiles/bcm2835-bootfiles.bb

+ 29 - 0
files/custom-licenses/Broadcom-RPi

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Copyright (c) 2006, Broadcom Corporation.
+Copyright (c) 2015, Raspberry Pi (Trading) Ltd
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution.  Redistribution and use in binary form, without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+met:
+
+* This software may only be used for the purposes of developing for, 
+  running or using a Raspberry Pi device.
+* Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice and the
+  following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+  provided with the distribution.
+* Neither the name of Broadcom Corporation nor the names of its suppliers
+  may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+  without specific prior written permission.
+
+DISCLAIMER.  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
+CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
+BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
+BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
+OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
+TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
+USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
+DAMAGE.

+ 1 - 1
recipes-bsp/bootfiles/bcm2835-bootfiles.bb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Closed source binary files to help boot the ARM on the BCM2835."
-LICENSE = "Proprietary"
+LICENSE = "Broadcom-RPi"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENCE.broadcom;md5=4a4d169737c0786fb9482bb6d30401d1"