Dear "Simone Navari", In message <6b3ede875ca549879d5f776404c05...@snavari01> you wrote: > I've recently bought an Acer cellphone powerd by Android. For fun I > looked inside the update files and checking the bootloader binary I've > discovered that it is based on U-Boot v2009.01 (the string is clearly > visible using an Hex Editor), so I disassembled the first part of > file, comparing it with start.S in u-boot-1.1.6/cpu/arm926ejs (this is > the core of microprocessor: an st-ericson u6715) and it only slightly > different. Now my question: U-Boot is released under GPLv2 license; is > Acer obliged to give source code if requested (paying the appropriate > fee for the physical transfer) ?
Short and simple answer: yes, of course they are. I suggest you ask them. Please let me know if there should be any problems, and I will try to help. 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] Small is beautiful. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
