From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8766 invoked by alias); 14 Dec 2007 13:07:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 8557 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Dec 2007 13:07:04 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from snape.ecoscentric.com (HELO snape.ecoscentric.com) (212.13.207.199) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:06:56 +0000 Received: from localhost (snape.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by snape.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38039DC80F4; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:06:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from snape.ecoscentric.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (snape.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id W2-PdlpxyEG3; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:06:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from stef.ammanford.ecoscentric.com (snape.vpn.ecoscentric.com [192.168.145.1]) by snape.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B7CEDC80E8; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:06:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: by stef.ammanford.ecoscentric.com (Postfix, from userid 801) id 13873CAAB2; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:06:50 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:21:00 -0000 From: Daniel Morris To: Ilija Koco Cc: eCos Discussion Message-ID: <20071214130650.GA16198@stef.ammanford.ecoscentric.com> References: <1197567366.3593.17.camel@lucretius.esaturnus.com> <476190B4.2050606@mindspring.com> <20071214104551.GD13033@lunn.ch> <47627042.8090105@siva.com.mk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47627042.8090105@siva.com.mk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact ecos-discuss-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-discuss-owner@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: Re: [ECOS] FSF copyright assignment. [Was Re: [ECOS] Re: Is eCos project still alive?] X-SW-Source: 2007-12/txt/msg00086.txt.bz2 On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 01:00:02PM +0100, Ilija Koco wrote: > Andrew Lunn wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 05:38:02AM -0500, Chris Zimman wrote: > > > >> Frank, > >> > >> I think you raise a valid point here. Perhaps it would be time to consider > >> creating a more up to date release. > >> Rather frequently on the list, someone will say something to the effect of > >> 'I've downloaded/am using eCos 2.0 ...blah blah...it seems very out of > >> date...' The traditional response has been 'Go pull the latest from CVS'. > >> > >> Thoughts anyone? > >> > > > > It has been for a long time the aim to make a release once the > > copyright transfer to FSF is completed. This has take much much longer > > than we ever thought it would take. We are nearly there, there is just > > one copyright assignment left, which is taking a while to sort out. > > > > Once this is completed we will start the work needed for a > > release. This is not something we can do overnight. It involves a lot > > of work. Nearly ever file needs to be touched in order to change the > > copyright notices. We probably need new tool chains, want to merge in > > the v2 flash branch, maybe pick up some patches which got dropped > > along the way etc. We need to do a lot of testing.... > > > > Andrew > > > And yet there isn't any note of this event. I am apologize for changing > the subject, but I don't recall of any announcement on mailing list and > surely there isn't any news at ecos.sourceware.org. I got an official > (snail mail) letter from eCosCentric about my assignment being > transfered to FSF and that's all. > As Andrew said above it is still not complete, despite the hundreds of hours spent on trying to complete this process - my apologies for under-estimating the time already spent on this, as I only have direct visibility of eCosCentric time that has gone into it. Pre-announcing, giving a blow-by-blow report of who's not responding & for how long etc. would just add to the frustration and build a platform for further whining, whinging and unproductive gossip. As you've seen, mostly people try to rise above the level of responding to trolls, ill-considered views, non-existent smoking-guns, cheap shots and unreasonable criticism ;-) In other news, eCosCentric secured the rights to the eCos trademark earlier in the year in order to protect the mark, its usage and to ensure that the community would be able to use it. We wouldn't have done that if we weren't planning for the continued growth of eCos... Daniel %<---------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Morris - Sales & Marketing Director eCosCentric - The eCos and RedBoot experts Tel: +44 1223 245 571 - info@eCosCentric.com DDI: +44 1269 591 171 - danielm@eCosCentric.com eCosCentric Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 4422071, VAT number GB 811 6278 42, registered address Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge CB5 8UU, UK. -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss