[GuidelinesChange] Binary Firmware addition

[eric magaoay]

You might want add "...in perpetuity" into the agreement.

     "Redistributable in perpetuity, no modification permitted"

Unless barred by local/regional law(s), this will insure that the 
agreement is "in perpetuity"; therefore, remain binding and enforceable 
even after the owner change hand either through merger and/or acquisition.

The key is obtaining a perpetual license agreement.

eric

Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> The following additional text was added to the Packaging/Guidelines
> Binary Firmware section:
>
> The License tag for any firmware that disallows modification should be
> set to:
>    
>       "Redistributable, no modification permitted"
>
> Firmware packages should be named <foo>-firmware, where <foo> is the 
> driver or other hardware component that the firmware is for.
>
> This change was approved by the Fedora Packaging Committee and ratified 
> by FESCO.
>
> ~spot
>
>