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Re: License restrictions
- To: Robert Ritchey <RRRitchey at ACM dot Org>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] License restrictions
- From: Bill Arbaugh <waa at cs dot umd dot edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:42:32 -0500 (EST)
- cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
The license shouldn't be a problem with most drivers. Take a look at
OSKit from the Univ. of Utah. They essentially did that with a FreeBSD
kernel as the base rather than eCos.
Bill
On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Robert Ritchey wrote:
> That seems like a great idea to me and I was going to explore it as I am new
> to both Linux and eCos but not if Linux drivers are restricted in some way
> that this is not legal.
>
> At 01:28 PM 3/21/01 -0500, Bill Arbaugh wrote:
> >Has anyone looked at providing some "glue" such that UNIX drivers could
> >easily be used with eCOS ala OSKit? I've thought about it, but haven't
> >had time to fully investigate.
> >
> >thanks, bill
> >
> > > How do the licenses for Linux and eCos intertwine, if at all. If I
> > wanted to use a
> > > driver in Linux as a starting point for an eCos driver is there a
> > problem with that?
> > > What restrictions do I need to be aware of? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Robert Ritchey
> > > Phoenix, AZ
> > > (480) 460-2652
> > >
> > >
>
> Robert Ritchey
> Phoenix, AZ
> (480) 460-2652
>
>