From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27526 invoked by alias); 20 Jun 2002 16:25:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 27519 invoked from network); 20 Jun 2002 16:25:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO conn.mc.mpls.visi.com) (208.42.156.2) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 20 Jun 2002 16:25:04 -0000 Received: from grante.comtrol.com (isis.visi.com [209.98.98.8]) by conn.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with SMTP id D94F8826C for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:25:03 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 1693 invoked by uid 500); 20 Jun 2002 16:27:35 -0000 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 09:25:00 -0000 From: Grant Edwards To: Gary Thomas Cc: Michael Kelly , eCos Discussion Message-ID: <20020620112732.A1687@visi.com> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020619095135.02e032d8@mail.cedata.com> <20020619233511.A28876@visi.com> <1024590022.13447.273.camel@hermes.chez-thomas.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <1024590022.13447.273.camel@hermes.chez-thomas.org>; from gary@chez-thomas.org on Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:20:22AM -0600 Subject: Re: [ECOS] Red Hat backs away from eCos? X-SW-Source: 2002-06/txt/msg00365.txt.bz2 On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:20:22AM -0600, Gary Thomas wrote: > > > For what it's worth, I say good riddance. Red Hat never knew > > > what to do with eCOs or even GNU for that matter. Now that the > > > eCos source is GPL'ed > > > > What? I was aware that the RHEPL was being modified to make it "GPL > > compatible". Is that what you mean by "eCos source is GPL'ed" or has the old > > license been tossed out and replaces with the GPL? > > Yes, since late May with the alpha v2.0 release, eCos is now licensed > under the GPL (with an exception which makes it suitable for embedded > use). Thanks. I had misunderstood the 2.0 license changes. The older versions are still under the previous license, right? > The only exception to this is the network stacks which were > derived from *BSD which are covered by separate license terms > (dictated by the *BSD world). > > > We're using eCos in a couple products, and we're wondering > > where eCos is going to reside now that RH has abandonded it. > > Where is the "official" source for eCos going to be? > > Red Hat will continue to provide support for the eCos > repository at its current location > (http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/) for the foreseeable future. Presuming that development continues, who decides what goes into the repository and what doesn't? -- Grant Edwards grante@visi.com -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://sources.redhat.com/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/ecos-discuss