[U-Boot] Re-distributing mkimage binary

[Premi, Sanjeev]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Denk [mailto:wd at denx.de] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 8:20 PM
> To: Premi, Sanjeev
> Cc: U-Boot Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot] Re-distributing mkimage binary
> 
> Dear Sanjeev,
> 
> In message 
> <B85A65D85D7EB246BE421B3FB0FBB59301DD430918 at dbde02.ent.ti.com>
>  you wrote:
> > 
> > Is it possible to redistribute the mkimage binary outside 
> the u-boot package?
> 
> Yes, of course this is possible. It's Free Software under GPL, so you
> can modify and/or repackage it as you like. Just make sure to fulfill
> the requirements of the GPL which still  apply,  no  matter  how  you
> split it off...

U-boot and Linux kernel sources are available in the same package, but
the intent was to allow linux developers to bypass the step to build
u-boot just get this binary.

Best regards,
Sanjeev

> 
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> 
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