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-  NOTE! This copyright does *not* cover the so-called "standalone"
+  U-Boot is Free Software.  It is copyrighted by Wolfgang Denk and
+many others who contributed code (see the actual source code for
+details).  You can redistribute U-Boot and/or modify it under the
+terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation.  Most of it can also be distributed,
+at your option, under any later version of the GNU General Public
+License -- see individual files for exceptions.
+
+  NOTE! This license does *not* cover the so-called "standalone"
 applications that use U-Boot services by means of the jump table
 provided by U-Boot exactly for this purpose - this is merely
 considered normal use of U-Boot, and does *not* fall under the
-heading of "derived work". Also note that the GPL below is
-copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, but the instance of code
-that it refers to (the U-Boot source code) is copyrighted by me and
-others who actually wrote it. -- Wolfgang Denk
+heading of "derived work".
+
+  The header files "include/image.h" and "include/asm-*/u-boot.h"
+define interfaces to U-Boot. Including these (unmodified) header
+files in another file is considered normal use of U-Boot, and does
+*not* fall under the heading of "derived work".
+
+  Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
+Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the U-Boot
+source code) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it.
+-- Wolfgang Denk
 
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