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authorWolfgang Denk <wd@pollux.(none)>2005-11-25 10:38:43 +0100
committerWolfgang Denk <wd@pollux.(none)>2005-11-25 10:38:43 +0100
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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.
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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
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