[U-Boot-Users] new to U-Boot, how do I get started for Atmel at91sam9261ek

Andrejs Cainikovs AndrejsC at GlobalAutomationSystems.com
Sun Jun 15 01:14:58 CEST 2008


Vyan is misinformed. Atmel do not sell GPL'ed stuff.

Regards,
Andrejs Cainikovs.

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <4852D065.9070800 at ge.com> you wrote:
>   
>> I received the following email from Ulf - it appears he is struggling 
>> with his phone/email and sent it directly to me only, not to the list. 
>> The one that really needed it was Vyas.  As expected, Vyas just needed 
>> to know where to look to get the source.
>>     
>
> Know where to look to get the source?
>
> That's illegal.
>
> The GPL explicitely states:
>
>     b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
>     years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
>     cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
>     machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
>     distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
>     customarily used for software interchange; or, 
>
> If such a written offer is included, you don't "need to know where to
> look to get the source", because it is clearly documented.
>
> Vyas, can you please comment if such a written offer was included with
> the package you received?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
>   





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