[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4 v2] DA8xx: Add MUSB host support

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Nov 18 23:26:03 CET 2009


Dear Sandeep,

In message <0554BEF07D437848AF01B9C9B5F0BC5D94158181 at dlee01.ent.ti.com> you wrote:
> 
> > > Sorry for asking stupid questions - but which sort of conflict do you
> > > see in this text? The licensing seems to be OK with me (reference to
> > > COPYING file in the top level directory), and the exclusion of
> > > warranty is not a problem either.
> > >
> > > Am I missing something?
> > 
> > GPL 2 and at option later version
> > is missing.

Well, there was a reference to the COPYING file, which should be
sufficient. I sent a patch to make this clear.


>  + * THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
>  + * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
>  + * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> I am referring to this "AS IS" part. I believe I discussed offline with you
> and Tom quite some time back and IIRC you had said that modifying this header
> to suit our needs was not allowed.

I see no problem with this part. It corresponds mostly with the "NO
WARRANTY" of the GPL; the wording may be different, but I see no
conflicts (of course, IANAL).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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