Merge branch 'skl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vkoul/firmware

[mirror_linux-firmware.git] / README

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@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ been permitted to redistribute under separate cover.
 
 To submit firmware to this repository, please send either a git binary
 diff or preferably a git pull request to:
-      David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
-      Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+      linux-firmware@kernel.org
 and also cc: to related mailing lists.
 
 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
+identifying 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.
 And if it were possible, a changelog of the firmware itself.