[U-Boot] [U-boot] DFU tools copyright

[Lukasz Majewski]

On Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:20:34 +0800, TigerLiu at viatech.com.cn wrote:

> Hi, experts:
> I found DFU tool code had been put in drivers/dfu directory.
> Previously, it was owned by Samsung Electronics.
> 

Could you be more specific here? 

All DFU related files have following headers:
/*
 * g_dnl.c -- USB Downloader Gadget
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Samsung Electronics
 * Lukasz Majewski  <l.majewski at samsung.com>
 *
 * 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.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307  USA */

Which clearly states that the code is GPL v2+. The code is "open", you
can modify it and use with your product if you provide your's product
source code when requested.


> Because it has been merged into uboot library.
> So, it could be used or released by every ARM SOC vendor?

Yes, it can as long as this vendor sticks to GPL v2 license.
This mean (with some simplification :-) ) that this vendor needs to
publish source code for his product.

> 
> Best wishes,
> _______________________________________________
> U-Boot mailing list
> U-Boot at lists.denx.de
> http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot


-- 
Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

Samsung R&D Institute Poland (SRPOL) | Linux Platform Group