[Buildroot] [PATCH 0/3] Support for out-of-tree Buildroot customization

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Thu Sep 12 18:33:59 UTC 2013


Dear ANDY KENNEDY,

On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:25:40 +0000, ANDY KENNEDY wrote:

> This sounds much like the way Linux does things for the IP related
> drivers.  Is that the intent we are going for (personally, I think this
> is a GREAT idea, as it allows companies to have IP related widgets in
> BuildRoot without the fear of being REQUIRED to push back their secret
> sauce)?
> 
> If that is what you intend, you have my vote!

I am not sure what you mean by "IP related drivers". Do you mean
proprietary drivers?

It is true that the BR2_EXTERNAL thing raises a licensing question:
should the BR2_EXTERNAL contents also be released under GPLv2, like the
rest of Buildroot? Do we really want the root filesystem overlays and
other highly project-specific contents be released under GPLv2 ?

Thomas
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