[ECOS] Re: HOWTO: eCos on QEMU PC emulator

[John Dallaway <john at dallaway dot org dot uk>]

Drasko

Drasko DRASKOVIC wrote:

>>> Second, if you re-distribute it, can not you do it the way you like -
>>> for example putting it in git repository.
>> 
>> Yes, you certainly can.
> 
> So why then the authors must assign copyright to the FSF and
> contribute it in the order for us to put eCos sources in git tree ?

You can put eCos-licensed sources in your _own_ repository and
redistribute them without issue. However, it is eCos project policy that
copyright in all contributions to the official eCos project repository
must be assigned to the FSF. [ There are a few exceptions. ]

Details at:  http://ecos.sourceware.org/contrib.html

John Dallaway
eCos maintainers
http://www.dallaway.org.uk/john

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