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Wolfgang Denk2e7cc8a2010-12-18 22:00:41 +01001 U-Boot is Free Software. It is copyrighted by Wolfgang Denk and
2many others who contributed code (see the actual source code for
3details). You can redistribute U-Boot and/or modify it under the
4terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by
5the Free Software Foundation. Most of it can also be distributed,
6at your option, under any later version of the GNU General Public
7License -- see individual files for exceptions.
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9 NOTE! This license does *not* cover the so-called "standalone"
wdenkdee058f2004-09-27 20:20:11 +000010applications that use U-Boot services by means of the jump table
11provided by U-Boot exactly for this purpose - this is merely
12considered normal use of U-Boot, and does *not* fall under the
Wolfgang Denk921c1922005-11-25 10:38:43 +010013heading of "derived work".
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15 The header files "include/image.h" and "include/asm-*/u-boot.h"
16define interfaces to U-Boot. Including these (unmodified) header
17files in another file is considered normal use of U-Boot, and does
18*not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
19
20 Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
21Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the U-Boot
22source code) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it.
23-- Wolfgang Denk
wdenkdee058f2004-09-27 20:20:11 +000024
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