Re: [U-Boot-Users] Proposal for a make option to include an additional stand alone program directory

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

In message 463106E6.20203@freescale.com you wrote:

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You cannot link non-GPL code into U-Boot.

What if I use mkimage to merge u-boot.bin with proprietaryfirmware.bin?

Will U-Boot at any time call any functions or jump to any entry points or otherwise execute any code in this firmare image?

No. I'll have to check, but I believe the application that loads the firmware into the hardware is open source.

But even if the application were non-GPL, how would running it be a GPL violation? If I load the application into memory, and just execute it, and the application runs without calling U-Boot code, and then the application exits, that's not a GPL violation.