On 16 May 2018 at 15:08, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 11:51:36PM +0300, Sam Protsenko wrote: > >> Android documentation recommends new image format for storing DTB/DTBO >> files: [1]. To support that format, two things should be done: >> >> 1. Add dt_table.h file from Android (BSD-3 relicensed version): [2]. >> This header defines structures and constants that we need to work >> with that DT image format. >> >> Changes: >> - re-licensed from Apache to BSD-3 >> - removed functions declarations >> - change the coding style to kernel (make checkpatch happy) >> >> 2. Add helper functions for Android DTB/DTBO format. In >> image-android-dt.* files you can find helper functions to work with >> Android DT image format, such us routines for: >> - printing the dump of image structure >> - getting the address and size of desired dtb/dtbo file >> >> [1] https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/dto/partitions >> [2] >> https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/libufdt/+/58a7582180f477032cd6c74f8d9afad0038e74c3/utils/src/dt_table.h >> >> Signed-off-by: Sam Protsenko <semen.protse...@linaro.org> > > Why is it OK to change the license on the code? AFAICT someone can't > just relicense Apache to BSD-3. What happened for > include/android_image.h was that Google relicensed the Android code in > question to BSD-2 (which in turn allows us in GPL projects). Thanks! >
Ok, I will try to ask Google to do the same for the header I used. Do you know what exactly should be done? Do they need to publish relicensed file somewhere, or exactly in Android, or we just need a confirmation from their side? Also, which license is preferable for us? Thanks. > -- > Tom _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
