[U-Boot] [PATCH v5 0/4] Implement "fastboot flash" for eMMC

[Steve Rae <srae@broadcom.com>]

On 14-08-28 06:24 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 09:04:09AM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14-08-26 02:14 AM, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
>>>> Hi Steve,
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>

>>>>> On 14-08-25 07:57 AM, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
[.. snip ...]

>>>>
>>>> Is fair as I know bsd-3L-clause license is compatible with GPL.
>>>>
>>>> However, to be 100% sure I'd like to ask Tom (as he has much more
>>>> legal experience than me) to confirm that this code can be added to
>>>> u-boot.
>>>>
>>> OK -- note that this "bsd-3L-clause" clause is almost identical to
>>> the existing "bsd-3-clause"....
>>
>> Tom, could you give your opinion on this?
>
> So, upstream made a slight (and likely unintentional) change to the
> normal BSD 3 clause license and changed the last clause from "the
> copyright holders" to "The Linux Foundation".  I've poked our legal dept
> about this but I suspect the best answer is to go back up to Android
> folks and ask them to fix this quite likely unintentional change.
>

Actually, there are three diffs, and I am thinking that they were 
intentional (especially the last one!):

$ diff bsd-3-clause.txt bsd-3L-clause.txt
5,6c5
<    notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer,
<    without modification.
---
 >    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
10,12c9,12
< 3. The names of the above-listed copyright holders may not be used
<    to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
<    specific prior written permission.
---
 > 3. Neither the name of The Linux Foundation nor
 >    the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
 >    products derived from this software without specific prior written
 >    permission.
16,17c16,17
< THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
< PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
---
 > THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE AND
 > NON-INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR

So, would U-Boot accept this BSD-3L-Clause, or should I contact Colin 
Cross to attempt to get a BSD-3-Clause version, or ????

Thanks, Steve