[U-Boot] u-boot vs. Cavium 5010 pci init

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Graeme Russ,

In message <4C9F087D.3010502 at gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > Cavium never provided free access to their code, nor did they ever
> > attempt to push their changes upstream.
> 
> Would they not, therefore, be in breach of the GPL?

According to the GPL, you don't have to provide free access to
everybody.

It is sufficient to accompany the delivery of U-Boot to each of their
customers with a written offer to provide any third party a copy of
the corresponding source code.

Of course, each of Cavium's customers could request that code, and
then put it on a public server - but it seems nobody ever did.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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