[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] image: add support for Android's boot image format

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior bigeasy at linutronix.de
Fri Sep 16 23:49:11 CEST 2011


On 09/16/2011 11:35 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Friday, September 16, 2011 17:28:08 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>> On 09/16/2011 11:03 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>>> Dear Sebastian Andrzej Siewior,
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>>>
>>> Are you 100% sure this is a GPLv2+ compatible license??? I don't think
>>> so...
>>
>> How so? This is a 3-clause BSD license. According to [0] it is
>> compatible. Is there anything I missed here?
>
> i think you mean 2-clause
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_License#2-
> clause_license_.28.22Simplified_BSD_License.22_or_.22FreeBSD_License.22.29

Ups, sorry, Yes, I do.

> -mike

Sebastian


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