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

Scott Wood
2009-11-18T19:15:02Z

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> 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.

How about:

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 version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation. Most of it can also be
distributed, at your option, under any later version of the GNU
General Public License -- see individual files for exceptions.

-Scott