From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Edwards To: Paul Beskeen Cc: ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [ECOS] Licensing terms Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:46:00 -0000 Message-id: <19991029144650.A2476@visi.com> References: <19991029134519.A27124@visi.com> <086501bf2245$e4486220$2f2782c2@cygnus.co.uk> X-SW-Source: 1999-10/msg00124.html On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 08:43:35PM +0100, Paul Beskeen wrote: > Hi Grant, > > > I just got off the phone with somebody from Express Logic (the vendor > > of ThreadX), and he claimed that if you want to ship product with eCOS > > you have to pay money to Cygnus. I've read the eCOS license and it > > sure doesn't look like that's the case to me (standard I Am Not a > > Lawyer Disclaimer applies). > > Talk about FUD. You have read the CEPL correctly - I can confirm that there > are absolutely no license fees or royalties associated with shipping a > product containing eCos. The guy's a putz. Since knowing the competition is basic to sales, he is either incompetent or dishonest. Probably both. > FUD #2. I think he is probably referring to Helios and is again incorrect. > Although Cygnus employs engineers that have worked on the Helios OS in former > lives(tm), eCos is a completely new development designed and developed from > scratch. That's what I thought. Thanks. -- Grant Edwards grante@visi.com