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    all: re-license CrosEC et al to MIT · ba166ff8
    Dustin L. Howett authored
    
    
    I don't have line of sight on whether a GPLed kernel-mode driver, with
    required code signing, can be distributed through Windows Update.
    
    If CrosEC were signed and distributed as part of a system image or
    shipped through Windows Update, a user couldn't necessarily replace it
    with a like-working copy due to code signing without putting their
    device in test mode ... thus restricting a freedom granted by the
    license.
    
    Pursuant to section 6 of the GPL, which includes "...You may not impose
    any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights
    granted herein." I do not believe that this project *can* function under
    the GPL.
    
    Anyway, this project is only a derived work of the Chromium EC which is
    also released under the terms of the 3-clause BSD license. It bears a
    passing similarity to the Linux cros-ec-lpcs driver in *function*, but
    not in *form*. This is required for interoperability.
    
    Signed-off-by: Dustin L. Howett's avatarDustin L. Howett <dustin@howett.net>
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