[U-Boot-Users] Proposal for a make option to include an additional stand alone program directory

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <463106E6.20203 at freescale.com> you wrote:
> 
> > You cannot link non-GPL code into U-Boot.
> 
> What if I use mkimage to merge u-boot.bin with proprietaryfirmware.bin?

Will U-Boot at any time call any  functions  or  jump  to  any  entry
points or otherwise execute any code in this firmare image?

> It depends on how you define linking.  I would say that taking two binaries, one from GPL 
> code and one from non-GPL code, and just merging them into another binary, that cannot be 
> a GPL violation.

You are right. If the images are indeed independent, and U-Boot  does
not run any code in the "other" one, then this is fine.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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