From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Rini Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 09:16:56 -0500 Subject: [U-Boot] [EXT] Re: Cavium/Marvell Octeon Support In-Reply-To: <20191105083335.7D78A24009F@gemini.denx.de> References: <2710076.TiSPtmOvtb@flash> <20191104154418.397B324009F@gemini.denx.de> <5376617.97hUrJXovB@flash> <20191105083335.7D78A24009F@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <20191105141656.GD4181@bill-the-cat> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 09:33:35AM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Aaron, > > In message <5376617.97hUrJXovB@flash> you wrote: > > > > > Again you don't answer my question. Why do you need a special new > > > API for such code? Why do you not just link that code with the rest > > > of U-Boot? > > > > The code in question that is calling the API is not GPL and hence cannot be > > linked with U-Boot though the phy code is GPL. > > Ouch. I was afraid to hear that. > > Please be aware that your newly created API does NOT implement a GPL > license exception. the only interface that allows for non-GPL code > to be run under control of U-Boot is the standalone program > interface, which is intentionally very restricted. > > In other words: what you are doing here is a clear (and intentional, > which makes it even worse) GPL license violation. > > > > It has been mentioned before, but just to be sure: this code which > > > uses your new API is licensed under a GPLv2 conforming lincense? > > > > > There should be no need. None of the code is linked against U-Boot, either at > > compile time nor at runtime. The application doesn't even know where it is > > located except by looking for a named block of memory. > > It does not have to be linked. You access internal interfaces of > U-Boot that have not been exported for non-GPL use, so your code > still has to be licensed under GPLv2 or a compatible license. I'm just following up to say that I agree with Wolfgang here. -- Tom -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 833 bytes Desc: not available URL: