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Re: GPL violation ?
- From: "Mike Arthur" <arth2219 at gmail dot com>
- To: "Andrea Merello" <andrea dot merello at gmail dot com>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:51:09 -0500
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] GPL violation ?
- References: <c68f135e0708300452p32f0009ax56497956c1cfb184@mail.gmail.com>
On 8/30/07, Andrea Merello <andrea.merello@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> It happened I found a device that I suspect uses eCos OS in firmware,
> but I can't get source from the vendor site. So I suspect they are
> violating GPL and would like to investigate. I have not contacted the
> vendor yet directly, I'd like to know if they are really usign eCos
> and if they eventually had been authorized by eCos developer before go
> on..
>
eCos uses GPL with an exception. For more information check out:
http://ecos.sourceware.org/ecos/license-overview.html
There is a good Q&A section midway down the page.
Are you trying to get their sources for the eCos HAL or their firmware
application code?
Mike
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