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2*4882a593SmuzhiyunGPL License Exception:
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4*4882a593SmuzhiyunEven though U-Boot in general is covered by the GPL-2.0/GPL-2.0+,
5*4882a593Smuzhiyunthis does *not* cover the so-called "standalone" applications that
6*4882a593Smuzhiyunuse U-Boot services by means of the jump table provided by U-Boot
7*4882a593Smuzhiyunexactly for this purpose - this is merely considered normal use of
8*4882a593SmuzhiyunU-Boot, and does *not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
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10*4882a593Smuzhiyun  The header files "include/image.h" and "arch/*/include/asm/u-boot.h"
11*4882a593Smuzhiyundefine interfaces to U-Boot.  Including these (unmodified) header
12*4882a593Smuzhiyunfiles in another file is considered normal use of U-Boot, and does
13*4882a593Smuzhiyun*not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
14*4882a593Smuzhiyun-- Wolfgang Denk
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