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Re: Are copyright assignments detrimental to eCos?


Andrew Lunn wrote:
On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 12:00:42PM +0200, Jiri Gaisler wrote:
Markus Schaber wrote:

I have looked at the files in eCos Pro, and majority of it has
the GPL license with the linking exception. Is there anything that
would prevent me from merging updated files from eCos Pro back
to the open CVS version?
AFAICS, no, given that you legally received your copy of eCos Pro.
eCoscentric provides a free eCos Pro kit for the Nios processor,
which anyone can download. This would mean that all GPL files in
the kit are free to be merged with the open CVS. Or is there some
other catch ...?

The catch is that in order for it to be included into anoncvs, the owner of the code has to agree and transfer the copyright to FSF. So i cannot just pick up eCosCentric code and commit it. eCosCentric have to agree to it as copyright owner.

>From an academic interest point of view, is this true for the parts that have been derived from existing GPL licenced files? Surely the whole point of the GPL is that you can't withhold a derivative work?

Andy


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