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

[Detlev Zundel]

Hi Jon,

> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Jean-Christophe
> PLAGNIOL-VILLARD<plagnioj at jcrosoft.com> wrote:
>> On 16:51 Thu 18 Jun     , Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I was asked about relicensing U-Boot as GPLv3:
>> I'm not for the GPLv3 I've the same opinion as Linus Torvald
>>
>> And as we share a lot's of code with Linux we should continue and not use the
>> GPLv3 at all
>
> Isn't there a practical consideration too? Since copyright assignment
> isn't required on u-boot contributions, you would have to track down
> all of the contributors and get their permission for the licensing
> change. Mozilla had to do this when they changed their license and it
> took them two years to find everyone.  Linus has stated that tracking
> down all of the contributors to the kernel is virtually impossible.

If code is licensed under the "GPLv2 or later" clause, it can be moved
without permission from the author.  It's really "GPLv2 only" which
needs confirmation.

Cheers
  Detlev

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