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docs: Explain linux-firmware license complexity

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The linux-firmware package contains 70+ vendor-specific firmware
licenses. Added footnote explaining this and pointing to CSV/WHENCE
for full details.

Both technically correct (CSV unchanged) and readable (footnote).
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@@ -75,10 +75,15 @@ compilation and are NOT deployed to the target device.
|---------|---------|---------|-------| |---------|---------|---------|-------|
| firmware-imx | 8.27 | Proprietary (NXP SLA) | NXP firmware blobs | | firmware-imx | 8.27 | Proprietary (NXP SLA) | NXP firmware blobs |
| firmware-nxp-wifi | 1.1 | Proprietary (NXP) | WiFi firmware | | firmware-nxp-wifi | 1.1 | Proprietary (NXP) | WiFi firmware |
| linux-firmware | 20240909 | Mixed (per-firmware) | Various vendor licenses | | linux-firmware | 20240909 | Mixed (70+ vendor licenses)¹ | Various vendor firmware blobs |
> **Note:** `imx-gpu-viv`, `imx-vpu`, `systemd` are NOT in this build > **Note:** `imx-gpu-viv`, `imx-vpu`, `systemd` are NOT in this build
> (spaetzle/musl does not include GPU drivers or systemd). > (spaetzle/musl does not include GPU drivers or systemd).
>
> ¹ The `linux-firmware` package contains firmware blobs from 70+ hardware
> vendors (AMD, Intel, Broadcom, NXP, Realtek, etc.). Each blob has its own
> license — see the [CSV](UT-license-table.csv) column "License" for the
> complete list or the `WHENCE` file in the package for details.
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