From aa7cfc463ae760be321fbe78eeb9b936e3dde5d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:38:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Allow use of include/image.h and include/asm-*/u-boot.h in proprietary code. The COPYING file was extended to make clear that these files can be used in non-GPL code, too. --- CHANGELOG | 4 ++++ COPYING | 15 +++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG index 50396e7a61..5a3e8f17f8 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ Changes for U-Boot 1.1.4: ====================================================================== +* Allow use of include/image.h and include/asm-*/u-boot.h in proprietary code. + The COPYING file was extended to make clear that these files can be + used in non-GPL code, too. + * Add support for Prodrive P3P440 board: - Added onboard PPC440 DDR autodetection in cpu/ppc/sdram.c - CFG_FLASH_QUIET_TEST added to use the common CFI driver diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index 1a34e3dc0c..f616ab96cc 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ applications that use U-Boot services by means of the jump table provided by U-Boot exactly for this purpose - this is merely considered normal use of U-Boot, and does *not* fall under the -heading of "derived work". Also note that the GPL below is -copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, but the instance of code -that it refers to (the U-Boot source code) is copyrighted by me and -others who actually wrote it. -- Wolfgang Denk +heading of "derived work". + + The header files "include/image.h" and "include/asm-*/u-boot.h" +define interfaces to U-Boot. Including these (unmodified) header +files in another file is considered normal use of U-Boot, and does +*not* fall under the heading of "derived work". + + Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software +Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the U-Boot +source code) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it. +-- Wolfgang Denk ======================================================================= -- 2.30.2