Dear Jeroen, In message <53e3ec54.4090...@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. Many of the most interesting features thaty have been imported from the Linux kernel are GPLv2 only. Either you have to rewrite all this code. I don't see any volunteers for that in the community, and neither I see any commercial interest for that. So alternatively you would have to remove resp. disable in the configuration all such code - which would cripple U-Boot, as it would remove a lot of really useful functionali- ty, rendering it more or less useless for many practical use cases. All people claiming "U-Boot will go GPLv3 tomorrow" are just spreading FUD. 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: w...@denx.de He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot