[U-Boot] U-book and GPLv3? (fwd)

[Wolfgang Denk]

Hello,

I was asked about relicensing U-Boot as GPLv3:

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Date:    Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:17:28 -0400
From:    Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>
To:      Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
Subject: U-book and GPLv3?

I really enjoy the name U-boot.
What are the advantages of U-boot over PMON?

Have you considered moving U-boot to "GPLv3-or-later"?


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I know that we have had similar discussions before (see for example
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/24029), but I
would like to take the chance and re-poll what the community's
opinion about this is.

Comments welcome...

[I intend to summarize and send this summary to RMS and post it here.]

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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