[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 07/10] tegra20: add SPL config options for seaboard

[Sughosh Ganu]

On Thu Jun 07, 2012 at 10:36:53AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> On 06/07/2012 01:15 AM, Sughosh Ganu wrote:
> > On Wed Jun 06, 2012 at 10:44:59AM -0600, Stephen Warren wrote:
> >> On 06/05/2012 03:20 PM, Allen Martin wrote:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> >>> diff --git a/include/configs/tegra2-spl.h b/include/configs/tegra2-spl.h
> >>
> >>> + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
> >>> + * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> >>
> >> Being a new file, this should be GPLv2 not GPLv2+.
> > 
> >   u-boot uses GPLv2+.
> > 
> > http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/U-Boot/Patches#Attributing_Code_Copyrights_Sign
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg26569.html
> 
> Sughosh,
> 
> I guess I'm a little confused here.
> 
> COPYING in the U-Boot source tree states the following:
> 
> >   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.
> 
> ... which explicitly allows for either GPLv2 or GPLv2+ code. There is
> certainly GPLv2-only code already in U-Boot. Why do you say that
> GPLv2-only code isn't allowed?

  I guess that could be because some of the existing files in u-boot
  are released under GPLv2 only license -- hence a separate mention
  that most of the files can be distributed under any later version
  too . Both Wolfgang and Detlev have stated many a times on the
  mailing list earlier that all new files need to be released under
  GPLv2+, and not GPLv2 only.

-sughosh