On Wednesday, 13 בDecember 2006 21:51, Peter wrote: > Speaking of sheduler, RTLinux took out some patents on just such a > sheduler and restricted RTLinux distribution based on that > .... > This is 'solved' in that the RTLinux code is dual licensed.
You mixed patents with copyrights. RTLinux code is pure GPL, the specific patents are dually licensed. FSMLabs (RTLinux creators) gave an automatic non-revocable patent license to GPL'ed code (so it won't infringe on the GPL). Other companies that try to use the patented techniques in non-GPL code (e.g: in non-Linux kernels) need to negotiate a *patent* license. -- Oron Peled Voice/Fax: +972-4-8228492 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.actcom.co.il/~oron ICQ UIN: 16527398 First we take Manhattan , then we take Berlin...(Leonard Cohen). Linux and Open Source - The Revolution of Choice ================================================================= 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]
