From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Detlev Zundel Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:41:13 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] U-book and GPLv3? (fwd) In-Reply-To: (Detlev Zundel's message of "Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:20:47 +0200") References: <20090618145128.69F27832E416@gemini.denx.de> <200906241332.44097.vapier@gentoo.org> <200906250953.33361.vapier@gentoo.org> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hi Mike, >>> It is this "certification is only possible like we say" attitude which I >>> seriously question. >> >> whether you question this attitude doesnt matter. you arent a lawyer in >> general, you arent a lawyer for these companies, and you arent indemnifying >> them. their legal review says that it's a requirement, so it is now a >> requirement for the software. anything beyond that is irrelevant. > > Now was this so hard? This is actually an important fact that it is a > legal requirement for a company - thanks. As a quick web research did not help, if this is a legal requirement, then can you point me to the law which requires such a thing? Thanks Detlev -- ["From 2.4 to 2.6 to 2.7" discussing release numbering of the Linux kernel] Let the bike-shed-painting begin. -- Linus Torvalds -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: dzu at denx.de