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Originally Posted by knc1
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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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Ahh... I missed that "loose executable object shipping prohibition" clause. Your explanation makes the need for firmware blob embedding a bit less confusing. Thanks.
