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

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

[Steven Bass]

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

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <9AC9C5704119E242A526FB4D9DD5D565759C45@mail.inea.com> you 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. 

U-Boot is Free Software under GPL, so you just have to make  sure  to
follow the GPL license requiements. No further acknowledgementes etc.
are needed. Of course it is always a clever idea to push your changes
upstream  so  your  port  gets  maintained and you have a much easier
patch in case you ever want  to  update  U-Boot  to  a  more  current
version.

> 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.

Well, please read the GPL.  At  least  you  must  include  with  your
product  a  statement  that  you are using GPL software and a written
offer (valid for at least 3 years) to  provide  the  complete  source
code.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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

[Kenneth Johansson]

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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