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Re: Future code ownership
On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 20:53, Jonathan Larmour wrote:
> Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >>3) A commercial entity interested in picking up the eCos "banner", such as
> >>eCosCentric.
> >
> > Does this mean eCosCentric is actually willing to do this?
>
> Only willing if that's what the maintainers want. I'm wearing a very
> different hat in eCosCentric and as a maintainer. I want to do what's best
> for eCos, even if it conflicts with what eCosCentric wants. To be honest,
> I don't think it's very likely we'll choose this option - I just threw it
> in there for completeness, but tell me if I'm wrong!
>
> > Has Mind been approached? What is their opinion on this.
>
> Dunno. Gary might have the best take on that if they don't speak up
> themselves.
I can only talk loosely - I don't speak for Mind, but I know
their feelings.
Mind would prefer that copyright ownership be as non-commercial
as possible. Since eCosCentric (as well as Red Hat) are competitors
of Mind, having the copyright be in eCosCentric's name could be
considered counter to such a goal. A central body, such as SPI,
would be ideal.
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