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   1  U-Boot is Free Software.  It is copyrighted by Wolfgang Denk and
   2many others who contributed code (see the actual source code for
   3details).  You can redistribute U-Boot and/or modify it under the
   4terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by
   5the Free Software Foundation.  Most of it can also be distributed,
   6at your option, under any later version of the GNU General Public
   7License -- see individual files for exceptions.
   8
   9  NOTE! This license does *not* cover the so-called "standalone"
  10applications that use U-Boot services by means of the jump table
  11provided by U-Boot exactly for this purpose - this is merely
  12considered normal use of U-Boot, and does *not* fall under the
  13heading of "derived work".
  14
  15  The header files "include/image.h" and "include/asm-*/u-boot.h"
  16define interfaces to U-Boot. Including these (unmodified) header
  17files in another file is considered normal use of U-Boot, and does
  18*not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
  19
  20  Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
  21Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the U-Boot
  22source code) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it.
  23-- Wolfgang Denk
  24
  25=======================================================================
  26
  27                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  28                       Version 2, June 1991
  29
  30 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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  35                            Preamble
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  37  The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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  47  When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
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  54  To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
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  86   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
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