[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] -Support fot the ADT7640 Monitor chip

[Ricardo Ribalda Delgado]

Hello Jerry

I didn't know that.... I will change the license and resend the
patches as soon as I get more feedback to keep the mailing list as
silent as possible.

  Again: Thanks

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Jerry Van Baren <gerald.vanbaren at ge.com> wrote:
> Ricardo Ribalda Delgado wrote:
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda Delgado <ricardo.ribalda at uam.es>
>> ---
>>  drivers/hwmon/Makefile  |    1 +
>>  drivers/hwmon/adt7460.c |   89
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/hwmon/adt7460.h |   49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/dtt.h           |    2 +-
>>  4 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/hwmon/adt7460.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/hwmon/adt7460.h
>
> [snip]
>
>> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/adt7460.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
>> +/*   +    (C) Copyright 2008
>> +    Ricado Ribalda, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid,
>> ricardo.ribalda<at>uam.es , ricardo.ribalda<at>gmail.com
>> +    This work has been supported by: Q-Technology  http://qtec.com/
>> +
>> +    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> +    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> +    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
>
> Hi Ricardo,
>
> GPLv3 is a problem because most of u-boot is licensed at GPLv2 (possibly
> with an upgrade clause).  The problem is, GPLv3 is not backward compatible
> with GPLv2 because it adds restrictions.
>  <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/>
>
> If you wish to have this added to u-boot, you will need to change the
> licensing to GPLv2 (note that you can still keep the "any later" upgrade
> clause).
>
> [snip]
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adt7460.h b/drivers/hwmon/adt7460.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..48666f7
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/adt7460.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
>> +/*   +    (C) Copyright 2008
>> +    Ricado Ribalda, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid,
>> ricardo.ribalda<at>uam.es , ricardo.ribalda<at>gmail.com
>> +    This work has been supported by: Q-Technology  http://qtec.com/    +
>> +    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> +    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> +    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
>
> Ditto.
>
> Best regards,
> gvb
>



-- 
Ricardo Ribalda
http://www.eps.uam.es/~rribalda/