Omer Zak wrote: > Where can I find information about the following issues: > 1. Using GPLed software on embedded hardware, where the software is on > ROM and cannot be modified by regular users. > 2. What happens if the system must not be modifiable by normal users due > to regulatory issues (such as WiFi cards or medical equipment), but the > manufactures wishes to use GPLed software to implement parts of the > system software.
There is a difference between providing source code, as in GPL, and providing a mechanism to update firmware. Nowhere in the GPL does it require you to provide a mechanism to update the running code in a unit. At the risk of incuring the wrath of this group, this issue has swayed many a developer (Apple being the probably the biggest) from Linux to BSD. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, C.T.O. GW&T Ltd., Jerusalem Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] IL Voice: 972-544-608-069 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
