Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 12:04:07 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: question about re-entrancy. Message-ID: <199901052004.MAA00493@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Jan 1999 18:18:18 GMT." <199901051818.LAA08069@usr02.primenet.com>
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> 2) It's GPL'ed. That means that the source code can't be > used to prepare derivative works that have any strategic > value of any kind. I'm really surprised that it was > possible to GPL something supported by a DARPA grant, > given the governments technology transfer requirements > for such grants, but there it is. The problem here is > that embedded OS's are peculiar in that ROM'ing a browser > at the same time you ROM a GPL'ed OS is a little more > than "mere agregation". Actually, it's not really GPL'ed, and in fact its license status is extremely dubious, as it contains BSD code (the TCP/IP stack) which conflicts with the GPL. There is also a specific clause in the license which waives the linkage pollution avenue. This is one of the bad things about RTEMS. 8( -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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