From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:08:54 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] Clarify applicable licensing terms in COPYING file. In-Reply-To: <20091118180115.GB15341@loki.buserror.net> References: <1258536557-24362-1-git-send-email-wd@denx.de> <20091118180115.GB15341@loki.buserror.net> Message-ID: <20091118190854.79E233F6C2@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de 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 -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw