From: Timur Tabi <timur@freescale.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Proposal for a make option to include an additional stand alone program directory
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:19:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4631093C.7060002@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070426201544.608A5353414@atlas.denx.de>
Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <463106E6.20203@freescale.com> you wrote:
>>> You cannot link non-GPL code into U-Boot.
>> What if I use mkimage to merge u-boot.bin with proprietaryfirmware.bin?
>
> Will U-Boot at any time call any functions or jump to any entry
> points or otherwise execute any code in this firmare image?
No. I'll have to check, but I believe the application that loads the firmware into the
hardware is open source.
But even if the application were non-GPL, how would running it be a GPL violation? If I
load the application into memory, and just execute it, and the application runs without
calling U-Boot code, and then the application exits, that's not a GPL violation.
--
Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-04-26 20:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-04-26 17:15 [U-Boot-Users] Proposal for a make option to include an additional stand alone program directory Jeff Mann
2007-04-26 18:37 ` David Hawkins
2007-04-26 19:33 ` Jeff Mann
2007-04-26 20:02 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-26 20:43 ` David Hawkins
2007-04-26 18:44 ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-26 19:13 ` Jeff Mann
2007-04-26 19:24 ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-26 20:10 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-26 20:16 ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-26 20:31 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-26 20:05 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-26 20:09 ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-26 20:15 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-26 20:19 ` Timur Tabi [this message]
2007-04-26 20:41 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-26 20:53 ` Jerry Van Baren
2007-04-26 20:59 ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-27 9:38 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-27 19:00 ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-27 19:32 ` Ulf Samuelsson
2007-04-27 20:13 ` Jerry Van Baren
2007-04-30 19:51 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-30 19:45 ` Wolfgang Denk
2007-04-26 20:52 ` Ulf Samuelsson
2007-04-26 21:04 ` Timur Tabi
2007-04-27 7:45 ` Stefan Roese
2007-04-27 9:40 ` Wolfgang Denk
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