https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1846139
Robert-André Mauchin <zebob.m(a)gmail.com> changed:
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--- Comment #1 from Robert-André Mauchin <zebob.m(a)gmail.com> ---
- Source must be a URL, or you must document how to generate the archive.
Source: mlxbf-aarch64-firmware.tar.gz
- Not needed:
%defattr(644, root, root)
- Latest tag is 3.0.beta1-2, please get the archive from Github directly
- BetaX goes into Release field (as extraver) or use the tilde notation. See
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Versioning/#_ve...
Version: 3.0~beta1-2
Release: 2%{?dist}
- This is basically binary firmwares with no source on how to build them?
Policy on Firmware for the record
Some applications, drivers, and hardware require binary-only firmware to boot
Fedora or function properly. Fedora permits inclusion of these files as long as
they meet the following requirements:
Requirements:
x The files are non-executable within the Fedora OS context (note: this
means that the files cannot run on their own, not that they are just chmod -x)
x The files are not libraries, within the Fedora OS context.
x The files are standalone, not embedded in executable or library code
(within the Fedora OS context).
x The files must be necessary for the functionality of open source code being
included in Fedora OR to enable Fedora to boot on a specific device, where no
other reliable and supported mechanisms exist.
x The files are available under an acceptable firmware license, which is
included with the files in the packaging.
The Fedora Project considers a firmware license acceptable if:
it allows some form of royalty-free use, subject to restrictions that the
Fedora Project has determined are acceptable for firmware licenses (see below),
and
it does not restrict redistribution in ways that would make a software
license unacceptable under Fedora licensing guidelines, except by:
requiring that the firmware be redistributed only as incorporated in
the redistributor's product (or as a maintenance update for existing end users
of the redistributor's product), possibly limited further to those products of
the redistributor that support or contain the hardware associated with the
licensed firmware; and
requiring the redistributor to pass on or impose conditions on users
that are no more restrictive than those authorized by this Fedora firmware
licensing policy.
A non-exhaustive list of restrictions on use that Fedora considers acceptable
for firmware licenses are:
any restrictions that are found in software licenses that are acceptable
for Fedora;
prohibitions on modification;
prohibitions on reverse engineering, disassembly or decompilation;
restricting use to use in conjunction with the hardware associated with the
firmware license.
If you are unsure whether or not your files meet these requirements, ask on
fedora-devel-list, and we will examine them for you.
The License tag for any firmware that disallows modification must be set to:
"Redistributable, no modification permitted"
Firmware packages must be named <foo>-firmware, where <foo> is the driver or
other hardware component that the firmware is for. In cases of firmware used to
boot Fedora on a device, <foo> must be the type of device(s) that the firmware
is intended for (e.g. raspberrypi).
I'm gonna ask legal or devel to be sure.
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