From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21584 invoked by alias); 14 Nov 2012 17:23:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 21573 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Nov 2012 17:22:59 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05,KHOP_THREADED X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from virtual.bogons.net (HELO virtual.bogons.net) (193.178.223.136) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:22:53 +0000 Received: from jifvik.dyndns.org (jifvik.dyndns.org [85.158.45.40]) by virtual.bogons.net (8.10.2+Sun/8.11.2) with ESMTP id qAEHMqE08054; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:22:52 GMT Received: from lert.jifvik.org (lert.jifvik.org [172.31.1.108]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by jifvik.dyndns.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DB933FE1; Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:22:51 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <50A3D36A.5090605@jifvik.org> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:23:00 -0000 From: Jonathan Larmour User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101027 Fedora/3.0.10-1.fc12 Lightning/1.0b2pre Thunderbird/3.0.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kirhan M Cc: "ecos-maintainers@ecos.sourceware.org" Subject: Re: Possible eCos copyright infringement References: <1352902105.81649.YahooMailNeo@web120203.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1352902105.81649.YahooMailNeo@web120203.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact ecos-maintainers-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-maintainers-owner@ecos.sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2012-11/txt/msg00003.txt.bz2 On 14/11/12 14:08, Kirhan M wrote: > http://www.rovingnetworks.com/ > > mentions on their site at > > > http://www.rovingnetworks.com/resources/download/46/Development_kit_selector_guide > > their WiFly modules use eCos, however, they distribute them without the > source code as required by the eCos license. They don't strictly have to provide the source code, but then they must at least provide a written offer to get the source code to anyone who receives the product. > In the same document, they > request $2499 (possibly more as they specify that additional support must > be purchased, available at $1000 per month) for access to their BIOS that > contains eCos. Have you explicitly asked them for a copy of the eCos source code? What did they say? Bearing in mind that the eCos license only applies to eCos sources themselves, or any files derived from eCos sources, it's possible the license is to do with their proprietary parts, not the eCos-derived parts. Basically we need a bit more clarity about whether there really is any infringement going on here. I'm not saying there isn't any infringement, but it's not clear there is either, presumably hence you saying "possible" in the subject :). Jifl