[riot-devel] [Gsoc2015] Help needed in getting started

2015-03-02 Thread Kushal Singh
Hi, My name is Kushal Singh, I am a BTech student at IIIT-Hyderabad. My primary areas of interests are operating systems , computer organization and architecture. I enjoy kernel development :). I am interested in participating in Google Summer of Code this year and I came across 'riot-os' as

Re: [riot-devel] Switch to BSD?

2015-03-02 Thread Kaspar Schleiser
Hi, On 03/02/2015 03:37 PM, Oleg Hahm wrote: IMHO GPL + linking exception doesn't cut it. I'm not trying to change LGPL into that. What do you think make LGPL more appropriate than GPL + linking exception? See below. In my opinion the IoT world needs something that is more oriented towards

Re: [riot-devel] Switch to BSD?

2015-03-02 Thread Oleg Hahm
Hi! > IMHO GPL + linking exception doesn't cut it. I'm not trying to change LGPL > into that. What do you think make LGPL more appropriate than GPL + linking exception? > In my opinion the IoT world needs something that is more oriented towards > respecting the needs of potential end users. Ho

Re: [riot-devel] Switch to BSD?

2015-03-02 Thread Kaspar Schleiser
Hi, On 03/02/2015 03:03 PM, Oleg Hahm wrote: If we are thinking about amending an existing license, we could also try to ease the restrictions of LGPL to fit our vision (whatever that is). In general yes, in practise I wonder if it wouldn't be more advisable to adopt something already existing

[riot-devel] Timer Task force

2015-03-02 Thread Kaspar Schleiser
Dear fellow RIOTers, as there are still issues with our timer subsystem, we've concluded to create a timer task force in order to sort out the issues still popping up. Up to now, Hauke and I (possibly someone else?) have just collected initial facts/requirements/ideas in a Wiki page: https:/

Re: [riot-devel] Switch to BSD?

2015-03-02 Thread Oleg Hahm
Hi! > >GPL with linking exception seems relevant in this discussion -- > >especially since eCOS, which is also a well-known embedded OS, uses this > >license. > > If we are thinking about amending an existing license, we could also try to > ease the restrictions of LGPL to fit our vision (whateve

Re: [riot-devel] Switch to BSD?

2015-03-02 Thread Kaspar Schleiser
Hey, On 02/25/2015 11:39 AM, Emmanuel Baccelli wrote: GPL with linking exception seems relevant in this discussion -- especially since eCOS, which is also a well-known embedded OS, uses this license. If we are thinking about amending an existing license, we could also try to ease the restrict