[U-Boot-Users] M-Systems Disk on Chip and U-boot

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Sep 2 19:41:33 CEST 2004


In message <36b714c8040902054918d4555f at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> they are GPL. Including non-GPL code into U-Boot even locally can be
> the cause of leagal headaches down the road. You may have to see if

...only if you are going to distribute the result. For  your  own  or
internal use you can do whatever you want.

> be a bit cautious with this as there is no loadable module interface
> loophole in U-Boot to help you avoid the GPL.

There is no such "loadable module interface loophole" for the  kernel
either. GPL is GPL.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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