https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1846139
Robert-André Mauchin zebob.m@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #1 from Robert-André Mauchin zebob.m@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/#_versi...
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.