FWIW I cannot speak to the issue of Bosch having proprietary rights to CAN-BUS communication. I have seen CAN-BUS used on many machine tools that did not have any Bosch software (that I know of) or hardware (I definitely know there was no Bosch hardware). It was my impression that CAN-BUS was a form of communication (like RS232, network, etc.) that could be implemented and used by whomever understood how to set it up. More information about CAN-BUS here: http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_CAN.html.
If there are legal issues related to the use of CAN-BUS systems this is certainly a consideration concerning EMC's open source status. Is it possible that there is a particular flavor of CAN-BUS developed by Bosch that is their proprietary system? Jim Fleig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Taada" <[email protected]> To: "EMC2 List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 2:14 PM Subject: [Emc-users] CAN-Bus drivers > CAN-BUS is proprietary to Bosch and may conflict with EMC's open source > principals. > It is found in many vehicles both on land and sea including BMW > motorcycles > since 2004. > There would be a wealth of hardware options available to the folks who > develop the drivers. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with > Adobe(R)AIR(TM) > software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code > to > build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of > local > resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK > and > Ajax docs to start building applications > today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
