So I shared Steffen's post on the Ethercat section of the forum calling for technical volunteers. Maybe some of them are in this group already. https://forum.linuxcnc.org/ethercat/45239-lets-get-ethercat-into-the-linuxcnc-distribution-need-technical-people-to-help
Lets hope the right people come forward. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 07:44, Rod Webster <r...@vehiclemods.net.au> wrote: > One could argue we are already in breach of their license by mentioning > Ethercat in our Debian package :) > There is no point suggesting something without being willing to contribute. > Therefore I am happy to be an admin contact using the email > ether...@vmn.com.au > There are others who are more competent than I with the technical stuff. > > Sascha Ittner and Dominik Braun whose work on github I referenced spring > to mind > Also Arvid Brodin who is in this group knows a bit I think but is working > on trajectory planning > Michel Winja (Grotius) is also very knowledgeable > > I will see if I can attract their attention. > > Rod Webster > *1300 896 832* > +61 435 765 611 > Vehicle Modifications Network > www.vehiclemods.net.au > > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 00:48, Steffen Möller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de> > wrote: > >> Hello again, >> >> On 28.02.22 14:28, andy pugh wrote: >> > On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 13:22, Steffen Möller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de> >> wrote: >> > >> > Personally I know nothing about EtherCAT. I have always been a little >> > afraid of the licensing complexities mentioned here: >> > >> > https://etherlab.org/en/ethercat/ >> > >> > Etherlab itself is GPLv2, but _using_ it seems to bring a different >> > licensing restriction into play. And I don't know enough about >> > licensing to know if that's a problem. >> >> I called them up - first the Beckhoff group (they have nice stuff on >> https://www.beckhoff.com/en-gb/) and from there I was pointed to the >> EtherCAT Technology Group (https://www.ethercat.org/de/contact.html), so >> I called them, too. Without that membership we would be in said >> uncharacterized unmitigated license trouble that Andy referenced but with >> that membership they would be very sweet to us. From what I understand, >> they try to be good people and just in case someone messes something up >> they do not want to guess how to reach out. So we are asked to become a >> member of the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) - for which we would identify >> someone who would serve as a communicator between them and our community >> and write a "3-line email" with our request to integrate an EtherCAT driver >> that is available at some URL with LinuxCNC as described on >> https://linuxcnc.org. >> >> I do not see that Debian would become a member of their Technology Group. >> And it would not make too much sense to me to have any extra outreach from >> Debian to that ETG, but we can ask for an OK to have that distribution >> channel and also ask for Fedora at the same time. >> >> Now - big question: Is there an agreement that it would be beneficial for >> LinuxCNC to become a member of the ETG? It is free. And there likely a >> series of perks for training material that may not be of our immediate >> concern. They invited me to help with that initial contact but that >> LinuxCNC-representative to them could then be anyone we pick. Andy? Rod? >> You both? Jeff? All three of yours? >> >> Best, >> Steffen >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-developers mailing list >> Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers >> > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
