[U-Boot] [PATCH] Clarify applicable licensing terms in COPYING file.

Wolfgang Denk
2009-11-18T19:08:54Z

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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