[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 4/5] usb/gadget: fastboot: add sparse image definitions

Jeroen Hofstee dasuboot at myspectrum.nl
Thu Aug 7 23:02:44 CEST 2014


On 07-08-14 22:59, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> <snip>
>> So the argument about incompatible licenses is valid here. Should
>> u-boot switch to GPLv3 you need to hunt down that file again and this
> You would have to rewrite the major part of U-Boot or to cripple it
noise ^ not
> to uselessness if you try to release it under GPLv3. I cannot see
> anybody investing any efforts in that direction; all these threads
> about a potential GPLv3 switch are just a hollow scarecrow.
>
> It seems clear to me that GPLv3 is not an acceptable solution for
> developers, vendors, and end users simultanously.  When I ask for
> GPLv2+ I hope that some later version of GPL may find better general
> support.

Regards,
Jeroen


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