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Re: Red Hat backs away from eCos?


On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 10:27, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:20:22AM -0600, Gary Thomas wrote:
> 
> > > > For what it's worth, I say good riddance.  Red Hat never knew
> > > > what to do with eCOs or even GNU for that matter.  Now that the
> > > > eCos source is GPL'ed
> > > 
> > > What?  I was aware that the RHEPL was being modified to make it "GPL
> > > compatible". Is that what you mean by "eCos source is GPL'ed" or has the old
> > > license been tossed out and replaces with the GPL?
> > 
> > Yes, since late May with the alpha v2.0 release, eCos is now licensed 
> > under the GPL (with an exception which makes it suitable for embedded
> > use).
> 
> Thanks.  I had misunderstood the 2.0 license changes.  The
> older versions are still under the previous license, right?
> 

I don't see any way that could change since it's open source. (IANAL)

> > The only exception to this is the network stacks which were
> > derived from *BSD which are covered by separate license terms
> > (dictated by the *BSD world).
> >
> > > We're using eCos in a couple products, and we're wondering
> > > where eCos is going to reside now that RH has abandonded it.
> > > Where is the "official" source for eCos going to be?
> > 
> > Red Hat will continue to provide support for the eCos
> > repository at its current location
> > (http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/) for the foreseeable future.
> 
> Presuming that development continues, who decides what goes
> into the repository and what doesn't?

As before, but [hopefully] with a larger set of contributors.



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