From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Philippe Gerum In-Reply-To: <46DC149F.80307@domain.hid> References: <46DC149F.80307@domain.hid> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:32:24 +0200 Message-Id: <1188844344.28092.46.camel@domain.hid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Philippe Gerum Subject: Re: [Xenomai-core] VxWorks skin is missing new VxWorks headers for RTP Reply-To: rpm@xenomai.org List-Id: "Xenomai life and development \(bug reports, patches, discussions\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Ravid Baruch Naali Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 17:05 +0300, Ravid Baruch Naali wrote: > Hello again, > > > Preface: > > As of VxWorks 6.x vxworks implement RTP which is an implementation of > user space processes with real time capabilities, which of course > include an extended API, which from my testings I discovered that we do > not support yet. > > > Currently extending the VxWorks API is not in Xenomai task list, does it > have any demand? > > If I'll take it as a my task, do we have any legal issues with using > Wind River's headers? This matter is muddy; fair use, interoperability, and copyrights of header files and/or their contents is a legal mess. Our policy is simple: paste-copy of any portion of any proprietary licensed header is unwanted and will be systematically rejected. You need to implement your own header, defining what you need for satisfying all the references within the emulator your are writing from scratch. You should also explicitly mention in the copyright notice that the resulting software is an emulator. We claim to mimick the original software as correctly as possible, according to the API specs which have been made publically available by the copyright holder of the original work, with all the limitations inherent to such exercise. In any case, we don't claim to produce a copy of the original software we only emulate. In short, Xenomai is a Chameleon, not a clone. > > > If any of my assumptions is false or if you have any comment/answers > please reply. > > > thanks > > Ravid > -- Philippe.