I have been thinking about how a manufacturer of a embedded system which
includes the lwip stack can comply with the BSD-license without
confusing its customers.
The license is written assuming distribution in software form, binary or
source code. It is not really written with distribution as part of a
piece of hardware in mind.
The first two conditions of the license are not valid for a embedded
system since further distribution is not really possible, and I suspect
that including them in a manual for the device may and will only serve
to confuse the customer.
Then there is the disclaimer. It states that there are no warranties
whatsoever. But the manufacturer of the embedded system will of course
provide warranties covering the proper function of the entire device,
including the lwip software.
Including the disclaimer in the manual will give the customer
contradicting information, and may make the customer question the
quality and warranties of the device.
I assume several people on this mailing list are in fact producing
embedded systems containing lwip code. How do you comply with the
license without confusing your customers?
Regards,
Timmy Brolin
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