[U-Boot-Users] Copyright and license for mkimage

[U-Boot-Users] Copyright and license for mkimage

[Cam]

Hello Wolfgang

I am hoping to clarify the rights to use and distribute the mkimage binary.

I would like to distribute a mkimage binary (or possibly a derived work) 
to facilitate checking uImage files as part of a remote software update.

The mkimage binary is made from crc32.c which is amenable to such use:

(a URL for version 1.1.3 of zlib.h is 
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gnu-darwin/zlib-1.1.3/zlib.h?content-type=text%2Fplain&rev=1.1.1.1 
)

However the mkimage.c file is:

  * (C) Copyright 2000-2003
  * DENX Software Engineering
  * Wolfgang Denk, wd at denx.de
  * All rights reserved.

What advice can you give? Has anyone else used mkimage in this way?

Thanks

-Cam

PS: apologies if this is a FAQ, the list archives are currently down.

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camilo at mesias.co.uk                                                 <--

[U-Boot-Users] Copyright and license for mkimage

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Cam,

in message <403CCB6C.2000404@mesias.co.uk> you wrote:
> 
> I am hoping to clarify the rights to use and distribute the mkimage binary.
> 
> I would like to distribute a mkimage binary (or possibly a derived work) 
> to facilitate checking uImage files as part of a remote software update.
> 
> The mkimage binary is made from crc32.c which is amenable to such use:
> 
> (a URL for version 1.1.3 of zlib.h is 
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gnu-darwin/zlib-1.1.3/zlib.h?content-type=text%2Fplain&rev=1.1.1.1 
> )
> 
> However the mkimage.c file is:
> 
>   * (C) Copyright 2000-2003
>   * DENX Software Engineering
>   * Wolfgang Denk, wd at denx.de
>   * All rights reserved.

Ah, sorry. This will be cleaned up (semi-) immediately.

> What advice can you give? Has anyone else used mkimage in this way?

I will put the mkimage source under GPL.

> PS: apologies if this is a FAQ, the list archives are currently down.

This is not a FAQ. I guess you are actually he first to  notice  this
oversight.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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