[ECOS] Licensing of OpenSource code and eCos

[Iztok Zupet]

On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 22:51, Doug Fraser wrote:
> Many of the developers of code licensed under the GPL
> feel the same way. "I did this, and I am giving it away
> for free. You may use it, as long as you make no profit
> from it." I view that as a reasonable value system. It
> may not be true for all people in all cases, but it
> certainly has its time and place.
> 

That kind of thinking would make the eCos purely academic, which after
all is not true with Linux or FreeBSD. They seem to have gained a good
commercial revenue, at least with outstanding networking. The support
and prebuilt although GPL-ed stuff is sold there. The prices reached can
be compared or even higher than the ones for Windows support.

iz


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