[U-Boot-Users] GPL 2 "or later" concern

[Alex Zeffertt <ajz@cambridgebroadband.com>]

Andy Green wrote:
> 
> Because the hardware is fixed, and the special nature of what U-boot 
> does, a workaround for me might be to never update U-boot, but obviously 
> that is less than fully desirable.  That way we ship U-boot in the 
> flash, provide sources for it, but never distribute a signed update 
> avoiding the proposed potential problem.
> 

I know this doesn't relate to your original question about licences, but
it would seem to me that distributing u-boot updates is *very* risky.  One
slip and every customer could be sending you back dead units in the post.

If you make sure before you sell that u-boot can boot a kernel, and upgrade
the kernel (without assuming a working kernel is present) you won't need to
support u-boot upgrades.


Alex