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We do this as a result of an upstream issue[1].
Some of the firmware blobs are provided under the 'Synapse' license
including a clause that can (at least theoretically) be used as a
'killswitch'. To make sure users are aware of this, we guard this
behind a license flag.
Users of this recipe will need to add to their configuration:
LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED = "synaptics-killswitch"
[1] https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/issues/29
Signed-off-by: Andrei Gherzan <andrei.gherzan@huawei.com>
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# IP Compliance
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## linux-firmware-rpidistro
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By default, some of the machine configurations recommend packages for the
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WiFi/BT firmware, provided by
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[linux-firmware-rpidistro](https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree).
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This package includes some firmware blobs under the `Synaptics` license which
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could carry a legal risk: one of the clauses can be (at least theoretically)
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used as a `killswitch`. This was
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[reported](https://github.com/RPi-Distro/firmware-nonfree/issues/29) in the
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upstream repository.
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You can find the full license text body in the content of the above mentioned
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package.
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Due to the above, the build system will only allow this recipe to be built if
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the user acknowledges this risk by adding the following configuration:
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LICENSE_FLAGS_ACCEPTED = "synaptics-killswitch"
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You can provide this configuration as part of your `local.conf`, `distro.conf`,
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etc.
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