[U-Boot] U-book and GPLv3?

[Robin Getz <rgetz@blackfin.uclinux.org>]

On Mon 6 Jul 2009 06:55, Wolfgang Denk pondered:
> 
>     I am definitely _pro_ going for GPLv3. I am  also  realizing  the
>     efforts and the time this will take.

I'm also glad that you acknowledge that you will loose developers, and 
users...

> So it seems we can set up something like a plan:
> 
> Short term goal:
> 
>         Clean up the existing license conflicts in U-Boot. This is  a
>         task that is completely independent of the GPLv2 versus GPLv3
>         discussion - it must be done in any case.
> 
> Medium term goal:
> 
>         Analyze which parts of U-Boot are implemented  by  GPLv2-only
>         code, and evaluate options to convert these into GPLv2+later.
> 
> Long term goal:
> 
> 	Move U-Boot to GPLv3.

And -- since some of us will require to fork at this time (it is not a threat, 
it is not "I don't like GPLv3", it is just me trying to plainly state the 
facts) - can we _plan_ for this, as part of the Long term goal?

Where someone else takes over the code base - pre switching to GPLv3 (or 
pre-dropping features when switching to GPLv2+later).

That way - contributors who still wish to place their contributions under a 
GPLv2 license, can do so? Contributors who wish to provide features under 
GPLv3 only can do so as well...