On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 09:42:19AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Steve Rae <s...@broadcom.com> wrote: > > - to prepare for the support of fastboot sparse images > > > > Signed-off-by: Steve Rae <s...@broadcom.com> > > --- > > This file is ASIS from: > > > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AOSB/android_system_core/master/libsparse/sparse_format.h > > (commit 28fa5bc347390480fe190294c6c385b6a9f0d68b) > > except for the __UBOOT__ conditional include. > > > > Changes in v2: None > > > > include/sparse_format.h | 58 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+) > > create mode 100644 include/sparse_format.h > > > > diff --git a/include/sparse_format.h b/include/sparse_format.h > > new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000..21fbd05 > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/include/sparse_format.h > > @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ > > +/* > > + * Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project > > + * > > + * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > > + * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > > + * You may obtain a copy of the License at > > + * > > + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > + * > > + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software > > + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > > + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. > > + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and > > + * limitations under the License. > > + */ > > My understanding is Apache license is not compatible with GPL. There > are multiple versions of fastboot files to be found in AOSP with > different licenses, so you need to find this with a BSD license. > Probably the u-boot (in AOSP) or little-kernel tree has it.
You are correct in that Apache-2.0 is not GPL compatible. However (and this question came up inside TI as well), as far as I can tell the sparse file format is NOT available in other licenses (unlike fastboot itself). If anyone out there knows who at Google to ask about getting the file re-licensed that would be great... -- Tom
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