From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:16:58 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] Is GPLv2 the right license for Buildroot? In-Reply-To: <20130916200135.1724084e@skate> References: <20130912203359.7e650ebe@skate> <52323A54.7020808@mind.be> <20130912221256.GE3362@free.fr> <523388B6.7090305@mind.be> <20130914221613.GA3444@free.fr> <20130916182101.3844a686@skate> <20130916170815.GB3293@free.fr> <20130916200135.1724084e@skate> Message-ID: <20130916181658.GE3293@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Thomas, Andy, All, On 2013-09-16 20:01 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly: > On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:45:00 +0000, ANDY KENNEDY wrote: > > > - on an embedded system, the probability that there is a GPL > > > program is rather high (eg. busybox, the Linux kernel); > > > > Not always. There is still a high contingent in the States that use > > VXWorks, and then a lesser population use a home-grown kernel without > > every touching GPL code. > > I believe Yann was implicitly saying "embedded Linux system". Buildroot > is of no-use for VxWorks based systems or other non-Linux operating > systems. Yes, of course. :-) Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'