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

[ksi at koi8.net]

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Thomas Doerfler wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> since this threads gets more and more interesting, just a question out
> of my curiosity:
> 
> which operating systems, that get typically booted using U-Boot are
> already under GPL3?
> 
> I know that the license of the Boot Loader has nothing to do with the
> license of the booted software, what is the "political benefit" to put
> the boot loader under GPLv3, when the major OS of the software (e.g.
> linux) are under GPLv2?

There is none. It is plain and simple case of paranoia that begs for
clinical treatment.

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