This is the mail archive of the
ecos-discuss@sourceware.org
mailing list for the eCos project.
Re: Possible GPL violation
On 2010-01-18, Jonas Gorski <jonas.gorski+ecos@gmail.com> wrote:
> My question now is: could this still be licensed under an other
> license, as the 2.0 sources of redboot state that "alternative
> licenses for eCos may be arranged by contacting RedHat, Inc.", or does
> this have to be GPL, and therefore should I have access to the source
> code?
http://ecos.sourceware.org/license-overview.html
My understanding of the above license is that you are entitled
to the "core" source code for redboot itself (including any
modifications to those core files). But, the vendor doesn't
have to give you source code for things like device drivers or
other add-ons (e.g. filesystem support, new commands, etc.)
that they wrote "from scratch".
[Hopefully, somebody will correct me if I'm wrong.]
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! Youth of today!
at Join me in a mass rally
visi.com for traditional mental
attitudes!
--
Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos
and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss