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

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Thu Aug 7 23:43:58 CEST 2014


On Thursday, August 07, 2014 at 11:36:50 PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Jeroen,
> 
> In message <53E3EC54.4090002 at myspectrum.nl> you wrote:
> > >>>> 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.
> > > 
> > > sorry, can't parse that.
> > 
> > no, this was nicely formatted in my mail editor. Just wanted to point out
> > you forgot a "not". You mentioned "to cripple it" you more then like ment
> > "to _not_ cripple it". But the whitespace got lost along the way.
> 
> No, I did NOT forget a "not".
> 
> There is an awful lot of GPLv2 (V2 only) code in U-Boot.

OK, so we need a GPLv2-compatible header file. That's the conclusion.

Can we get one or how shall we proceed in the opposite case please?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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