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Re: eCos copyright assignment for Freescale IMX35 RedBoot


> Well, depending if they've started from 2.0 onwards, then they can of
> course combine GPL code - subject to the whole then inheriting the full
> GPL terms/obligations. I have to qualify that statement as it is
> surprising the number of times that code turns out to have come from
> pre-2.0 which was not "full GPL" compatible (and had onerous assignment
> terms to a previous copyright holder).

It's 3.0'ish timeframe.

> "But I thought eCos was dead".

Naaah.... I'm sure patch such as the one below will be committed
in no time! ;-)

http://sourceware.org/ml/ecos-patches/2009-10/msg00006.html

> I expect those in the know may continue to prefer to work directly with
> a development repository or certified base, and may even consider an
> eCos "tag, tar & compress" minor release bump each Spring & Autumn as a
> distraction. However, showing the lights are on to the as-yet
> uninitiated is an important part of continuing to build upon eCos'
> growth.

Actually switching to DVCS here(git/mercurial) is going to be a HUGE boost
here. The solution to this just falls out very naturally....

I have yet to work on an eCos project where I didn't fix a
handful of bugs in eCos and where unmodified eCos releases(even quarterly
ones) would have been non-starters.... I think very highly of
the quality of the eCos code, I'm just not a believer in the model where
developers don't tinker with the eCos source...

-- 
Ãyvind Harboe
http://www.zylin.com/zy1000.html
ARM7 ARM9 ARM11 XScale Cortex
JTAG debugger and flash programmer

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