Wolfgang Denk wrote:
Dear Scott Wood,
In message 20091118180115.GB15341@loki.buserror.net you wrote:
- U-Boot is free software. It is copyrighted by Wolfgang Denk and
+many others who contributed code (see the actual source code for +details). You can redistribute U-Boot and/or modify it under the +terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free +Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License (see text +below), or (at your option) any later version.
But there is code in U-Boot that cannot be distributed under later versions of the GPL...
Indeed. We need to work on this.
If you propose to use a different wording, please don't hesitate to make suggestions.
How about:
U-Boot is free software. It is copyrighted by Wolfgang Denk and many others who contributed code (see the actual source code for details). You can redistribute U-Boot and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation. Most of it can also be distributed, at your option, under any later version of the GNU General Public License -- see individual files for exceptions.
-Scott