[U-Boot] Cellphones U-Boot and GPL

[Simone Navari]

I've recently bought an Acer cellphone powerd by Android. For fun I 
looked inside the update files and checking the bootloader binary I've 
discovered that it is based on U-Boot v2009.01 (the string is clearly 
visible using an Hex Editor), so I disassembled the first part of 
file, comparing it with start.S in u-boot-1.1.6/cpu/arm926ejs (this is 
the core of microprocessor: an st-ericson u6715) and it only slightly 
different. Now my question: U-Boot is released under GPLv2 license; is 
Acer obliged to give source code if requested (paying the appropriate 
fee for the physical transfer) ?

Best regards
Simone Navari 

 
 
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