From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8707 invoked by alias); 4 Apr 2008 08:45:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 8690 invoked by uid 22791); 4 Apr 2008 08:45:28 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.logix-tt.com (HELO mail.logix-tt.com) (212.211.145.186) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:45:02 +0000 Received: from kingfisher.intern.logix-tt.com (84-72-190-27.dclient.hispeed.ch [84.72.190.27]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.logix-tt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BB366526B; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:46:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kingfisher.sec.intern.logix-tt.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kingfisher.intern.logix-tt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65F07F378B; Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:44:58 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:02:00 -0000 From: Markus Schaber To: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org Message-ID: <20080404104457.35553e0a@kingfisher.sec.intern.logix-tt.com> In-Reply-To: <200804032228.m33MSkCg027848@mail168c2.megamailservers.com> References: <20080403112347.68e481c9@kingfisher.sec.intern.logix-tt.com> <200804030937.m339bj00013603@mail168c2.megamailservers.com> <200804032050.20913.neundorf@kde.org> <200804032228.m33MSkCg027848@mail168c2.megamailservers.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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/msg00063.txt.bz2 Hi, Jiri, Jiri Gaisler wrote: > Using LGPL does not require you ship your firmware as > object files and link later. My understanding of LGPL > is that you can ship proprietary core linked with LGPL > code, without having to open-source the proprietary > code. It is only the modifications of the LGPL code > you must publish, which is exactly what we are after. Please read the LGPL carefully. You stumbled over one of the differences between the LGPL and the "GPL with linking exception", as used by eCos or the GCC run time library, AFAIR. Regards, Markus -- Markus Schaber | Logical Tracking&Tracing International AG Dipl. Inf. | Software Development GIS Fight against software patents in Europe! www.ffii.org www.nosoftwarepatents.org -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss