Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267792AbUJMOwr (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:52:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267823AbUJMOwr (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:52:47 -0400 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([81.187.226.98]:18437 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267792AbUJMOwn (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:52:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:52:42 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: LKML Subject: Re: [Ext-rt-dev] Re: [ANNOUNCE] Linux 2.6 Real Time Kernel Message-ID: <20041013145242.GA335@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , LKML References: <20041012211201.GA28590@nietzsche.lynx.com> <20041012225706.GC30966@nietzsche.lynx.com> <027e01c4b12a$188fda40$161b14ac@boromir> <416D2D08.3060709@timesys.com> <02af01c4b135$fc496cf0$161b14ac@boromir> <20041013145540.GA26008@kurtwerks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041013145540.GA26008@kurtwerks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1326 Lines: 31 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" > > > 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/