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RE: Licensing of OpenSource code and eCos
- From: Fabrice Gautier <Fabrice_Gautier at sdesigns dot com>
- To: 'Doug Fraser' <dfraser at photuris dot com>, 'Iztok Zupet' <iztok dot zupet at vsr dot si>
- Cc: eCos-discuss <ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:09:29 -0700
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] Licensing of OpenSource code and eCos
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Fraser [mailto:dfraser@photuris.com]
> Cc: eCos-discuss
> Subject: RE: [ECOS] Licensing of OpenSource code and eCos
>
> [...]
> The eCos license is not a pure GPL, it is a modified GPL,
> so that you may in fact ship proprietary software bundled
> with eCos.
The problem i see is that this modification to the GPL is so fundamental,
that the new license is closer to a BSD or MPL license than an GPL license
(imo).
I guess it would have been simpler if eCos was dual licensed: one license
that allow for proprietary products, the other being the GPL.
Then you just have to choose which one you use, and not mix proprietary
stuff with GPL stuff.
But hey... what do i know...
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