[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/4] Accurate boot time measurement

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <201105241422.41948.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> > What prevents you to continue this project as you like if I should
> > decide something that appears to be unacceptable to the community?
> 
> yours will be "Das U-Boot" while mine will be an uppity fork

If you have the community with you the name alone is in vain

> doesnt denx also own the trademark on "Das U-Boot" as applied to low level
> boot loaders ?

No.  I've been told that both "U-Boot" and "Das U-Boot" are too
generic terms to be used for a name mark description.  If we had a
logo, we could apply for a "brand mark" (word mark and logo).  But so
far we don't.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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