[U-Boot] [PATCH 6/7] fs: Add a Coreboot Filesystem (CBFS) driver and commands

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Simon Glass,

In message <CAPnjgZ1DbXwS=bgzLecoLM-V0785Zi6bytKTM=RP2EcnSkt4eA at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> >> Well I found a very short version:
> >>
> >>  * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
> >>  * found in the LICENSE file.
> >>
> >> but it is inaccurate. We could perhaps change it to:
> >>
> >>  * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
> >>  * found in the COPYING file.
> >>
> >> or something similar? But so much of U-Boot already has the full
> >> version that I'm not sure this is a good idea. Here is the one I am
> >> using>
> >>
> >> # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> >> # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> >> # published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
> >> # the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> >
> > Note that this is the GPL, and _not_ any BSD-style license !
> 
> Yes. I've gone with the longer one, just removing the CREDITS. That
> seems to be the most common message in U-Boot.


You appear to miss the point.  You switched the licensing model from
BSD to GPL - not that I would complain about such a move, on contrary,
but I wonder if this is intentional and agreed by the authors of the
code?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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