« on: January 24, 2008, 02:44:58 PM »
Trev wrote:
A more reasonable question would be, "How can I make my own bootable media?" The simple answer is you can't do it legally. The Open Firmware "second level bootloader," like the one written for U-Boot, is copyrighted, or at least not open source. (As an aside, I'm surprised. I've read that slb makes use of GPL code, but I don't know for sure.)
While the OF for U-Boot might be copyrighted, OF itself is an open standard, with GPL implimentations available. U-boot itself is GPL'd as well. This arguement is moot as a result.
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