In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > I've just become involved in a project which is using U-boot as the > bootloader. This is a smallish embedded system. I'm trying to find the > right way to handle the use of U-boot. What sort of acknowledgements, > source code availability, etc. are expected here.
U-Boot is Free Software under GPL, so you just have to make sure to follow the GPL license requiements. No further acknowledgementes etc. are needed. Of course it is always a clever idea to push your changes upstream so your port gets maintained and you have a much easier patch in case you ever want to update U-Boot to a more current version. > U-boot isn't ever visible to the user; the system boots up and launches > the application. There is a small LCD screen; and really nowhere to > display much. Minor changes have been made to the U-boot source; to > customize it for the hardware and the software download of new firmware. Well, please read the GPL. At least you must include with your product a statement that you are using GPL software and a written offer (valid for at least 3 years) to provide the complete source code. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. - Mark Twain ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
