From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Detlev Zundel Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:16:43 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] add 'license' command to u-boot commandline In-Reply-To: <20080706112836.GG4167@prithivi.gnumonks.org> (Harald Welte's message of "Sun, 6 Jul 2008 19:28:36 +0800") References: <20080706075219.GC4167@prithivi.gnumonks.org> <20080706101105.9DFC6248DE@gemini.denx.de> <20080706112836.GG4167@prithivi.gnumonks.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, >> > [PATCH] add 'license' command to u-boot command line >> > >> > The 'license' command includes the u-boot license (GPLv2) into the actual >> > bootloader binary. The license text can be shown interactively at the u-boot >> > commandline. I second such an addition. Actually If I read the GPLv2 I see the following clause: If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode: Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c' for details. The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the commands you use may be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever suits your program. So maybe, we can (or should) introduce such a short "This program is GPL" message into standard U-Boot, i.e. non-customizable. If I read the terms above, this is already required. If wanted from a board maintainer, we can enable the license command discussed in this thread, also enabling the "for details type 'license'." part of the message. Cheers Detlev -- Less talking -- more hacking -- Olin Shivers -- 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