
7 Aug
2014
7 Aug
'14
11:10 p.m.
Dear Jeroen,
In message 53E3E974.1020504@myspectrum.nl you wrote:
On 07-08-14 22:59, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
<snip> > So the argument about incompatible licenses is valid here. Should > u-boot switch to GPLv3 you need to hunt down that file again and this You would have to rewrite the major part of U-Boot or to cripple it
noise ^ not
to uselessness if you try to release it under GPLv3. I cannot see anybody investing any efforts in that direction; all these threads about a potential GPLv3 switch are just a hollow scarecrow.
sorry, can't parse that.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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