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RE: Licensing of OpenSource code and eCos


I think the key line in your mail is...

> and not mix proprietary stuff with GPL stuff.

Doug Fraser

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fabrice Gautier [mailto:Fabrice_Gautier@sdesigns.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 7:09 PM
> To: 'Doug Fraser'; 'Iztok Zupet'
> Cc: eCos-discuss
> 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...
> 
> -- 
> FG
>  
> 

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