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From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] Clarify applicable licensing terms in COPYING file.
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:08:54 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091118190854.79E233F6C2@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091118180115.GB15341@loki.buserror.net>

Dear Scott Wood,

In message <20091118180115.GB15341@loki.buserror.net> you wrote:
>
> > +  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 the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
> > +Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License (see text
> > +below), or (at your option) any later version.
> 
> But there is code in U-Boot that cannot be distributed under later versions
> of the GPL...

Indeed. We need to work on this.

If you propose to use a different wording, please don't hesitate to
make suggestions.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-11-18 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-11-18  9:29 [U-Boot] [PATCH] Clarify applicable licensing terms in COPYING file Wolfgang Denk
2009-11-18 18:01 ` Scott Wood
2009-11-18 19:08   ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2009-11-18 19:15     ` Scott Wood
2010-12-18 21:00 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v2] " Wolfgang Denk
2011-01-09 16:59   ` Wolfgang Denk

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