Doubt on standalone applications license
Hello,
reading here:
http://osdir.com/ml/boot-loaders.u-boot/2003-11/msg00074.html
I understand that is not required that standalone applications must be under GPL, but what happens if such applications call some u-boot's functions like printf(), for instance?
I suppose that a non-GPLed application cannot call any GPLed u-boot's functions, is that right?
Thanks in advance,
Rodolfo
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reading here:
http://osdir.com/ml/boot-loaders.u-boot/2003-11/msg00074.html
Please read the COPYING file!
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I understand that is not required that standalone applications must be under GPL, but what happens if such applications call some u-boot's functions like
printf(), for instance?
If you do as the COPYING file states: "use U-Boot services by means of the jump table provided by U-Boot exactly for this purpose", then you're clean. If you link against U-Boot code, you're under GPL.
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I suppose that a non-GPLed application cannot call any GPLed u-boot's functions, is that right?
No.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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