[U-Boot] Inclusion of GPLv3 code

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Sep 21 09:33:37 CEST 2010


Dear Graeme Russ,

In message <4C8A1F2A.8020805 at gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> I know you are favouring a migration of U-Boot to GPLv3, but currently it
> is still licensed under v2 (although most code is v2 'or later')
> 
> I have some v3 code I would like to bring in (from GRUB). Will that cause
> any issues?

It is my understanding that you cannot "downgrade" GPLv3 code, i. e.
you cannot link it into a GPLv2 project.  But then, I'm not a license
expert, and IANAL.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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