[U-Boot] Licensing Question on ARM Semihosting Code

[Måns Rullgård]

Darwin Rambo <drambo at broadcom.com> writes:

> Given the ARM header below, is this code possible to put into u-boot?
>
> For reference, I see this discussion below.
> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2011-November/110884.html
>
> If this is not acceptable, presumably due to the "All rights reserved"
> and "Redistribution in binary form..." clauses below, we could try to
> find an alternative implementation that is GPL2.0+ licensed or rewrite
> the parts we need from scratch.
>
> Any suggestions you have would be most welcome. Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Darwin Rambo
>
>> /*
>>  * Copyright (c) 2013-2014, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
>>  *
>>  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>>  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
>>  *
>>  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
>>  * list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>>  *
>>  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
>>  * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
>>  * and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
>>  *
>>  * Neither the name of ARM nor the names of its contributors may be used
>>  * to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
>>  * prior written permission.
>>  *
>>  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
>>  * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
>>  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
>>  * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
>>  * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
>>  * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
>>  * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
>>  * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
>>  * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
>>  * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
>>  * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>>  */

This is the standard 3-clause BSD licence, just without the usual
explicit numbering.  According to the FSF [1], it is compatible with the
GPL.

[1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ModifiedBSD

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