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diff --git a/Licenses/Exceptions b/Licenses/Exceptions new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c9b3cd981f --- /dev/null +++ b/Licenses/Exceptions @@ -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". +-- Wolfgang Denk + |