[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 07/10] tegra20: add SPL config options for seaboard

[Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>]

On 06/07/2012 01:15 AM, Sughosh Ganu wrote:
> On Wed Jun 06, 2012 at 10:44:59AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
>> On 06/05/2012 03:20 PM, Allen Martin wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>>> diff --git a/include/configs/tegra2-spl.h b/include/configs/tegra2-spl.h
>>
>>> + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
>>> + * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>>
>> Being a new file, this should be GPLv2 not GPLv2+.
> 
>   u-boot uses GPLv2+.
> 
> http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/U-Boot/Patches#Attributing_Code_Copyrights_Sign
> http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot at lists.denx.de/msg26569.html

Sughosh,

I guess I'm a little confused here.

COPYING in the U-Boot source tree states the following:

>   U-Boot is Free Software.  It is copyrighted by Wolfgang Denk and
> many others who contributed code (see the actual source code for
> details).  You can redistribute U-Boot and/or modify it under the
> terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation.  Most of it can also be distributed,
> at your option, under any later version of the GNU General Public
> License -- see individual files for exceptions.

... which explicitly allows for either GPLv2 or GPLv2+ code. There is
certainly GPLv2-only code already in U-Boot. Why do you say that
GPLv2-only code isn't allowed?