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   1  NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover the so-called "standalone"
   2applications that use U-Boot services by means of the jump table
   3provided by U-Boot exactly for this purpose - this is merely
   4considered normal use of U-Boot, and does *not* fall under the
   5heading of "derived work".
   6
   7  The header files "include/image.h" and "include/asm-*/u-boot.h"
   8define interfaces to U-Boot. Including these (unmodified) header
   9files in another file is considered normal use of U-Boot, and does
  10*not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
  11
  12  Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
  13Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the U-Boot
  14source code) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it.
  15-- Wolfgang Denk
  16
  17=======================================================================
  18
  19                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  20                       Version 2, June 1991
  21
  22 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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  27                            Preamble
  28
  29  The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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  57  We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
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  77                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  78   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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