From: "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" <[email protected]>
> Martijn Sipkema wrote:
>
> >[...]
> >
> >
> >>>It was intended to promote discussion, and that seems to be working.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Yeah, for me a bit of freak out Saturday that is still
> >>kind of happening since this has been a personal project
> >>of mine for a long time. :) I interpreted it as a visibility
> >>move on your company's part, which I hate to say is a bit
> >>unnerving to know that another group was doing the same
> >>work. TimeSys's Scott Wood and friends are doing something
> >>like this as well. I'm only being fair by mentioning them. :)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >As you are mentioning TimeSys; they are distributing a modified kernel
> >with added realtime features, but do they also make the source available?
> >
> >
> Yes we do. We're releasing all of our 2.6.x work. Is there anything
> you're having difficulty finding?
The source code for the module adding realtime functionality to Linux 2.4; at
least at the time I downloaded it, that source was not available.
> >I know that they used to extend the kernel using a proprietary kernel
> >module; a clear violation of the GPL.
You did not comment on this.. why?
--ms
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:04:48PM +0100, Martijn Sipkema took 42 lines to write:
> From: "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" <[email protected]>
> > Martijn Sipkema wrote:
> >
> > >As you are mentioning TimeSys; they are distributing a modified kernel
> > >with added realtime features, but do they also make the source available?
> > >
> > >
> > Yes we do. We're releasing all of our 2.6.x work. Is there anything
> > you're having difficulty finding?
>
> The source code for the module adding realtime functionality to Linux 2.4; at
> least at the time I downloaded it, that source was not available.
>
> > >I know that they used to extend the kernel using a proprietary kernel
> > >module; a clear violation of the GPL.
>
> You did not comment on this.. why?
Perhaps because it was a troll?
Kurt
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 10:55:40AM -0400, Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:04:48PM +0100, Martijn Sipkema took 42 lines to write:
> > From: "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" <[email protected]>
> > > Martijn Sipkema wrote:
> > >
> > > >As you are mentioning TimeSys; they are distributing a modified kernel
> > > >with added realtime features, but do they also make the source available?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Yes we do. We're releasing all of our 2.6.x work. Is there anything
> > > you're having difficulty finding?
> >
> > The source code for the module adding realtime functionality to Linux 2.4; at
> > least at the time I downloaded it, that source was not available.
> >
> > > >I know that they used to extend the kernel using a proprietary kernel
> > > >module; a clear violation of the GPL.
> >
> > You did not comment on this.. why?
>
> Perhaps because it was a troll?
No. This is a real issue, Timesys has been violating the GPL all the time
with their 2.4 based offerings. I still haven't found a european distributor
I could easily sue for it, though.