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diff --git a/options/license/u-boot-exception-2.0 b/options/license/u-boot-exception-2.0 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3158dad --- /dev/null +++ b/options/license/u-boot-exception-2.0 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +The U-Boot License Exception: + +Even though U-Boot in general is covered by the GPL-2.0/GPL-2.0+, this does *not* cover the so-called "standalone" 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". + +The header files "include/image.h" and "arch/*/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". +-- Wolfgang Denk |