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Re: Red Hat backs away from eCos?
On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:20:22AM -0600, Gary Thomas wrote:
> > > For what it's worth, I say good riddance. Red Hat never knew
> > > what to do with eCOs or even GNU for that matter. Now that the
> > > eCos source is GPL'ed
> >
> > What? I was aware that the RHEPL was being modified to make it "GPL
> > compatible". Is that what you mean by "eCos source is GPL'ed" or has the old
> > license been tossed out and replaces with the GPL?
>
> Yes, since late May with the alpha v2.0 release, eCos is now licensed
> under the GPL (with an exception which makes it suitable for embedded
> use).
Thanks. I had misunderstood the 2.0 license changes. The
older versions are still under the previous license, right?
> The only exception to this is the network stacks which were
> derived from *BSD which are covered by separate license terms
> (dictated by the *BSD world).
>
> > We're using eCos in a couple products, and we're wondering
> > where eCos is going to reside now that RH has abandonded it.
> > Where is the "official" source for eCos going to be?
>
> Red Hat will continue to provide support for the eCos
> repository at its current location
> (http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/) for the foreseeable future.
Presuming that development continues, who decides what goes
into the repository and what doesn't?
--
Grant Edwards
grante@visi.com
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