[U-Boot-Users] Acknowledging the use of U-boot in an embedded project

[Kenneth Johansson <kenneth@southpole.se>]

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 08:13 -0400, Steven Bass wrote:
> I've just become involved in a project which is using U-boot as the
> bootloader. This is a smallish embedded system. I'm trying to find the
> right way to handle the use of U-boot. What sort of acknowledgements,
> source code availability, etc. are expected here. 

The license is GPL a very widely used license that your company probably
already know how to handle. 

short version is that if somebody ask for the source to u-boot you
better give it to them but this is not the right list to discuss GPL or
any other license.  
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/

>  
> U-boot isn't ever visible to the user; the system boots up and
> launches the application. There is a small LCD screen; and really
> nowhere to display much. Minor changes have been made to the U-boot
> source; to customize it for the hardware and the software download of
> new firmware. 
>  
> Thanks, 
>  
> Steve 
>  
> Steven Bass
> Intertech Engineering Associates, Inc.
> (781) 801-1130
>  
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