Dear Mike Frysinger, In message <201009210351.16288.vap...@gentoo.org> you wrote: > > > It is my understanding that you cannot "downgrade" GPLv3 code, i. e. > > you cannot link it into a GPLv2 project. But then, I'm not a license > > expert, and IANAL. > > in-my-not-a-lawyer-opinion, i think introducing GPLv3 code makes the final > output GPLv3 only if the build includes it.
I guess this is correct. > so if the imported GRUB code stays at GPLv3, and is only for x86, and all of > the code Graeme is using from u-boot is GPLv2+, then the final result there > is > under GPLv3 only. but all his GPLv3 code, assuming it's specific to x86, > wont > affect other architectures. But Graeme would also have to make sure not topick up any partsof the U-Boot code that are GPLv2 (without the "or later" phrase). A license nightmare... Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac (and nobody cares about it). - Bill Joy 6/21/85 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
