From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 19:23:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 19:23:07 -0400 Received: from hq.fsmlabs.com ([209.155.42.197]:61712 "EHLO hq.fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 31 May 2002 19:23:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 17:19:15 -0600 From: yodaiken@fsmlabs.com To: Pavel Machek Cc: Alan Cox , Roman Zippel , yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: A reply on the RTLinux discussion. Message-ID: <20020531171915.A19606@hq.fsmlabs.com> In-Reply-To: <1022604318.4123.114.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <3CF42179.29A2CAED@linux-m68k.org> <1022678678.4123.189.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20020531115742.D37@toy.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i Organization: FSM Labs Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:57:42AM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > Victor denies the RTAI people any clear answers about the license. > > > > He told them that if they were not sure they should ask a lawyer. That > > sounds to me rather correct advice. What kind of answer do you expect. > > There are really only two that might be expected in such a situation, > > they I suspect go > > > > "We think you need a license if you use proprietary software > > with this" and "Ask a lawyer" > > I dont see whyhe could not answer "LGPL is ojkay according to us, and we > promise not to sue you." We released code under GPL. We do not and did not give permision to LGPL that code or derived works without further license from us. -- --------------------------------------------------------- Victor Yodaiken Finite State Machine Labs: The RTLinux Company. www.fsmlabs.com www.rtlinux.com