Re: The Linux Kernel and Castle Technology Ltd, UK

[Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 11:59:36PM +0000, Alan J. Wylie wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Feb 2003 16:30:07 +0100, Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> said:
> > It would appear that Castle Technology Limited, UK, have taken some
> > of the Linux kernel 2.5 code, and incorporated it into their own
> > product, "RISC OS",
> 
> There is more than one player involved with RISC OS:
> 
> Pace Micro, of Saltaire, West Yorkshire
> 
> http://www.pace.co.uk/
> 
> http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PIC.L&d=c&k=c1&a=v&p=s&t=5y&l=on&z=m&q=l
> 
> seem to own the Copyright.
> 
> And RISCOS Ltd., of Cardiff, Wales 
> 
> http://www.riscos.com/
> 
> are involved as well.

I'd like to point out, however, that Pace sub-license RISC OS.  As
far as I am aware at present, RISCOS Ltd do not distribute the code
in question, and neither does Pace Microtechnology Ltd.

It has come to my attention that some people are trying to implicate
the above companies in this.

I would strongly suggest people do not start to make (unfounded) claims
against neither RISCOS Ltd nor Pace Microtechnology Ltd unless they
have proof, in which case such proof should first contact the
appropriate copyright holders concerned.

-- 
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html