Re: [avr-libc-dev] Open Source license for embedded systems

2008-11-04 Thread Joerg Wunsch
As Frédéric Nadeau wrote: > Why don't you do like Micro$oft?, hide the acknoledgement in your > binary. > I do not encourage it, but it is sure an alternative to having the > acknowledgement in the manual. It's completely pointless here. Those people who don't want to go opensource (and only th

RE: [avr-libc-dev] Open Source license for embedded systems

2008-11-04 Thread Weddington, Eric
> -Original Message- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > org] On Behalf Of Frédéric Nadeau > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 2:17 PM > To: Sebastien Lelong > Cc: avr-libc-dev@nongnu.org > Subject: Re: [avr-libc-dev] Open Source l

Re: [avr-libc-dev] Open Source license for embedded systems

2008-11-04 Thread Frédéric Nadeau
Why don't you do like Micro$oft?, hide the acknoledgement in your binary. http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=BSD%20Code%20in%20Windows It does however use some code space, but heck, sure you can spare 200 bytes for that :) I do not encourage it, but it is sure an alternative to having the ackn

Re: [avr-libc-dev] Open Source license for embedded systems

2008-11-04 Thread Joerg Wunsch
As Weddington, Eric wrote: > > What's your opinion on this ? How did you deal with this ? > Yes avr-libc has been used in commercial products, without > problems. In practice, many people do not put the copyright notice > in their documentation even though they are supposed to. I don't > have a b

RE: [avr-libc-dev] Open Source license for embedded systems

2008-11-04 Thread Weddington, Eric
> -Original Message- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > org] On Behalf Of Sebastien Lelong > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:35 AM > To: avr-libc-dev@nongnu.org > Subject: [avr-libc-dev] Open Source license for embedded systems > > Dear AVR guys, > > > I'm

Re: [avr-libc-dev] Open Source license for embedded systems

2008-11-04 Thread Rich Teer
On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Sebastien Lelong wrote: > 2. BSD is an appropriate license to distribute programmed chips. > Distributing/selling programmed chips requires the copyright notice to be > reproduced, but that's a restriction people have to deal with if they want > to use it. > > I'm 100% in fav

RE: [avr-libc-dev] Open Source license for embedded systems

2008-11-04 Thread Stu Bell
Personal opinion: _No one_ distributes _just_ programmed chips. They usually ship a manual of some sort with the chip. Include the copyright notice in the manual. No muss, no fuss. Credit given where there is the likelihood that someone will actually read it. (Okay, only women will read it bec