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From: Richard Weinberger <rw@linutronix.de>
To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Alternative License for Parts of MTD?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:44:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F883BBD.9090506@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F883513.4000301@embedded-brains.de>

Am 13.04.2012 16:15, schrieb Sebastian Huber:
> Hello,
>
> I work with the real-time operating system RTEMS (http://www.rtems.com).
> The license of this system is GPL with an exception that allows static
> linking without restrictions:
>
> http://www.rtems.com/license/LICENSE
>
> This is very similar to the eCos license:
>
> http://ecos.sourceware.org/license-overview.html
>

I'd contact a lawyer.
Anyway, your GPL-with-an-exception license looks more like LGPL...

Thanks,
//richard

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-13 14:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-13 14:15 Alternative License for Parts of MTD? Sebastian Huber
2012-04-13 14:44 ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2012-04-13 14:50   ` Sebastian Huber
2012-04-13 15:28 ` Artem Bityutskiy
2012-04-16 13:32   ` Atlant Schmidt

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