[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] add 'license' command to u-boot commandline

Scott Wood scottwood at freescale.com
Mon Jul 7 20:30:12 CEST 2008


On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 04:53:14PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> I support this, but then we should *always* print this  message,  not
> only  "when it starts in an interactive mode" (or some guys could try
> to get away by disabling interactive mode).

Such a restriction is (fortunately) not enforcable by the license, which
only covers interactive interfaces.  Otherwise, it would make u-boot useless
for environments where interactive mode would interfere with other uses of
the serial port (or when no suitable device exists).

Personally, I'd rather stay far away from invoking any clauses of a
non-changeable license that dictate technical decisions such as which bytes
to include in the final image.

-Scott




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