From: "Mike Arthur" <arth2219@gmail.com>
To: "Andrea Merello" <andrea.merello@gmail.com>
Cc: ecos-discuss@ecos.sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [ECOS] GPL violation ?
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:51:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2a3305fe0708300651o4933b8f4w8fdf4b2e6ebf6da1@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c68f135e0708300452p32f0009ax56497956c1cfb184@mail.gmail.com>
On 8/30/07, Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> It happened I found a device that I suspect uses eCos OS in firmware,
> but I can't get source from the vendor site. So I suspect they are
> violating GPL and would like to investigate. I have not contacted the
> vendor yet directly, I'd like to know if they are really usign eCos
> and if they eventually had been authorized by eCos developer before go
> on..
>
eCos uses GPL with an exception. For more information check out:
http://ecos.sourceware.org/ecos/license-overview.html
There is a good Q&A section midway down the page.
Are you trying to get their sources for the eCos HAL or their firmware
application code?
Mike
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-30 11:52 Andrea Merello
2007-08-30 13:51 ` Mike Arthur [this message]
2007-08-30 14:28 ` Andrew Lunn
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