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Old 10-23-2012, 03:39 PM   #162
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Originally Posted by geekmaster View Post
Wait a minute? Can it be embedded in a GPL binary? I thought that was forbidden due to "GPL infection".

Or is k3flasher not GPL?
Choice #2
If the copy you are looking at says different, Hawhill posted that he will re-license it to non-gpl if it is now.

Also, the Freescale license prohibits the **source** from being linked to viral licenses.

In this case (bin2c or objcopy attachment) k3flasher is just the transport mechanistic for the Freescale binary.
The Freescale binary remains a "blob" - just like other firmware blobs.
I.E: Rather than shipping it "loose" as an executable object (which Freescale prohibits).
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