[edk2-devel] Renesas uPD720202 USB3 Controller Firmware Binary License

[edk2-devel] Renesas uPD720202 USB3 Controller Firmware Binary License

[Rebecca Cran]

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I took a look at the firmware loader for the uPD720202 that Ard 
submitted back in 2017 and after asking Renesas learned that the last 
version of the firmware is actually publicly available on their site.

It can be downloaded from 
https://www.renesas.com/en/products/interface/usb-switches-hubs/upd720202-usb-30-host-controller#documents 
after accepting a license agreement - which I've attached in both the 
original PDF format and after converting it to plain text.


I'm hoping somebody is better than I am at parsing the legalese and can 
tell me if we'd be allowed to add the K2026090.mem firmware binary to 
edk2-non-osi?

There are still a few machines which use it including Ampere Altra based 
systems, so even after all this time it would be nice if we could add it.


Rebecca


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Re: [edk2-devel] Renesas uPD720202 USB3 Controller Firmware Binary License

[Kevin@Insyde via groups.io]

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Rebecca,

I’m not an attorney. At Insyde, I have done numerous license reviews. This one would be too restrictive for IBV purposes.

And it restricts it from being used with Open Source Software, which TianoCore would probably be considered, even though TianoCore doesn’t cause any backward licensing.

Of course, an attorney might disagree.

Renesas might be willing to give TianoCore an exception if we explained the situation.

Thanks,
Kevin
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On Oct 5, 2024, at 5:10 PM, Rebecca Cran via groups.io <rebecca=bsdio.com@groups.io> wrote:

I took a look at the firmware loader for the uPD720202 that Ard submitted back in 2017 and after asking Renesas learned that the last version of the firmware is actually publicly available on their site.

It can be downloaded from https://www.renesas.com/en/products/interface/usb-switches-hubs/upd720202-usb-30-host-controller#documents after accepting a license agreement - which I've attached in both the original PDF format and after converting it to plain text.


I'm hoping somebody is better than I am at parsing the legalese and can tell me if we'd be allowed to add the K2026090.mem firmware binary to edk2-non-osi?

There are still a few machines which use it including Ampere Altra based systems, so even after all this time it would be nice if we could add it.


Rebecca





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