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Subject: Re: Alternative License for Parts of MTD?
From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:28:46 +0300
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On Fri, 2012-04-13 at 16:15 +0200, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> I work with the real-time operating system RTEMS (http://www.rtems.com). =
 The=20
> license of this system is GPL with an exception that allows static linkin=
g=20
> without restrictions:
>=20
> http://www.rtems.com/license/LICENSE
>=20
> This is very similar to the eCos license:
>=20
> http://ecos.sourceware.org/license-overview.html
>=20
> RTEMS has currently no framework for flash devices.  It would be nice if =
we can=20
> use parts of the MTD system, e.g. the header files and device independent=
=20
> support routines like "drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c".  Is it possible to=
=20
> release parts of the MTD code under the RTEMS or eCos license, or would y=
ou=20
> categorically refuse this?

Irrespectively of what random people in the mailing list think, this is
a question to layers. And I guess you'd need to have permission of all
copyright holders, which I guess all people who contributed, and this is
practically impossible to do. But I do not know for sure whether this is
correct or not :-)

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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