Re: [PATCH] LICENSES: adopt Linux-like LICENSES directory structure

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On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 09:56:10AM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> On 11/2/19 09:00, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> >> diff --git a/LICENSES/exceptions/u-boot-exception-2.0 b/LICENSES/exceptions/u-boot-exception-2.0
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 000000000000..c9b3cd981f51
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/LICENSES/exceptions/u-boot-exception-2.0
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> >> +
> >> +GPL 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".
> > 
> > I don't think we need this. barebox doesn't have (and never had since
> > the fork from U-Boot) these standalone applications. There is no
> > jumptable in barebox. What we do have is modules support, but these are
> > not covered by this text.
> 
> I can send out a v2 without the exception. Everything else is ok?

Yes, at least for me.

Sascha

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