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

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior bigeasy at linutronix.de
Sat Sep 17 21:33:40 CEST 2011


On 09/17/2011 03:10 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Sebastian Andrzej Siewior,
Hi Wolfgang,

> In message<4E73BF68.9040600 at linutronix.de>  you wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>
> The "All rights reserved." clause doesn't fit.

Are you sure? This type of license matches the FreeBSD license [0]
(including the "All rights reserved" statement) and the FSF says that
it is compatible with the GPL license [1].
I also see this in tools/fit_image.c which is GPLv2 or later and in
include/elf.h which is a 3-clause BSD license.
So why does it not fit in here?

[0] http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html
[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#FreeBSD

> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk

Sebastian


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