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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300
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+ DO NOT ADD FIRMWARE TO THIS DIRECTORY.
+ ======================================
+
+This directory is only here to contain firmware images extracted from old
+device drivers which predate the common use of request_firmware().
+
+As we update those drivers to use request_firmware() and keep a clean
+separation between code and firmware, we put the extracted firmware
+here.
+
+/*(DEBLOBBED)*/
+ Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
+
+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
+permitted to include it in a separate file and refer to it from the
+WHENCE file.
+
+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).