From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4302 invoked by alias); 4 Apr 2008 10:00:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 4289 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Apr 2008 10:00:41 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail175c2.megamailservers.com (HELO mail175c2.megamailservers.com) (69.49.111.175) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:00:19 +0000 X-Authenticated-User: jiri.gaisler.com Received: from [192.168.0.23] (c-d2c9e253.93-16-64736c12.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se [83.226.201.210]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail175c2.megamailservers.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m34A0Fto023055 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 06:00:16 -0400 Message-Id: <200804041000.m34A0Fto023055@mail175c2.megamailservers.com> Message-ID: <47F5FC4A.2080401@gaisler.com> Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:50:00 -0000 From: Jiri Gaisler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 SeaMonkey/1.1.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org References: <20080403112347.68e481c9@kingfisher.sec.intern.logix-tt.com> <200804030937.m339bj00013603@mail168c2.megamailservers.com> <200804032050.20913.neundorf@kde.org> <200804032228.m33MSkCg027848@mail168c2.megamailservers.com> <20080404104457.35553e0a@kingfisher.sec.intern.logix-tt.com> <200804040912.m349CrYq028389@mail176c2.megamailservers.com> <20080404114231.7efcf59a@kingfisher.sec.intern.logix-tt.com> In-Reply-To: <20080404114231.7efcf59a@kingfisher.sec.intern.logix-tt.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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] Are copyright assignments detrimental to eCos? X-SW-Source: 2008-04/txt/msg00067.txt.bz2 Markus Schaber wrote: >> I have looked at the files in eCos Pro, and majority of it has >> the GPL license with the linking exception. Is there anything that >> would prevent me from merging updated files from eCos Pro back >> to the open CVS version? > > AFAICS, no, given that you legally received your copy of eCos Pro. eCoscentric provides a free eCos Pro kit for the Nios processor, which anyone can download. This would mean that all GPL files in the kit are free to be merged with the open CVS. Or is there some other catch ...? Jiri. -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss