[U-Boot] U-book and GPLv3?

Robert Schwebel r.schwebel at pengutronix.de
Fri Jul 10 14:49:33 CEST 2009


Hi Remy,

On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 09:49:31PM +0200, Remy Bohmer wrote:
> > Freescale isnt alone here, so when/if u-boot goes GPLv3, please dont do your
> > own thing in a vacuum.  there will be others who would support a GPLv2 split,
> > so we might as well collaborate.  u-boot-v2 looks fairly attractive at this
> > point.
> > -mike
>
> Well, now Mike brought it up, I think it is time to get the picture
> complete: What is the standpoint of the u-boot-v2 team on this
> subject?

Seen from our side, we don't plan any license change for u2 over what we
have now. Although I must say that I havn't read the recent u-boot
flamewar about this topic yet :)

rsc
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