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-Your commit should include an update to the WHENCE file clearly
-identifying the licence under which the firmware is available, and
-that it is redistributable. If the licence is long and involved, it's
+If your commit adds new firmware, it must update the WHENCE file to
+clearly state the license under which the firmware is available, and
+that it is redistributable. Being redistributable includes ensuring
+the firmware license provided includes an implicit or explicit
+patent grant to end users to ensure full functionality of device
+operation with the firmware. If the license is long and involved, it's
permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the
-WHENCE file.
+WHENCE file ('See LICENSE.foo for details.').
And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself.
+Run 'make check' to check that WHENCE is consistent with the
+repository contents.
+
Ideally, your commit should contain a Signed-Off-By: from someone
authoritative on the licensing of the firmware in question (i.e. from
within the company that owns the code).