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RE: PPP status?


> > Porting GPL'd code to eCos would violate the GPL license or 
> require eCos to
> > be GPL'd as well. E.g. the Kaffe port to eCos can not be 
> considered to be
> > legal.
> 
> IANAL, but why couldn't GPL'd source code be ported to eCos
> without violating the license?  The GPL doesn't prohibit
> modifications, it only controls how those modifications are
> distributed.  Porting GPL'd code to eCos then distributing it
> seperately from eCos as source code shouldn't be a problem,
> should it?

The GPL'd code "infects" the non-GPL'd code as soon as it's linked
to it. That is very hard to avoid in an embedded system such as eCos.

There is one exception and that is the GPL lib license which is used for
libc which allows you to link the lib to another code without infecting. But
that is not the case here.

> Once you start shipping binaries, then things get complicated...

Well, if you will keep the product on your desk I guess no one will care :)

- Gustav

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