Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Choolo
Matt-John wrote: Hello All, We are planning to use USRP/GNURADIO core to produce some commercial products. Is this legal ? If not, how we can make it legal ? We dont want to start anything not legal, so the answer is important.Thanks. Matt I am also interested in knowing the

[Discuss-gnuradio] Re: MP scheduler performance scaling

2008-07-20 Thread Robert McGwier
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Eric Blossom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've collected scaling data on several machines and it looks good! Executive summary: All your core are belong to us! I are more than pleased. ;-) Eric Bob ___

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Eric Blossom
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:26:03AM -0700, Choolo wrote: Matt-John wrote: Hello All, We are planning to use USRP/GNURADIO core to produce some commercial products. Is this legal ? If not, how we can make it legal ? We dont want to start anything not legal, so the answer is

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Philip Balister
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Eric Blossom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:26:03AM -0700, Choolo wrote: Matt-John wrote: Hello All, We are planning to use USRP/GNURADIO core to produce some commercial products. Is this legal ? If not, how we can make it legal ?

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Michael Dickens
As others have already said, but just to emphasize the point yet again, you really need to talk with a lawyer / firm qualified to understand your business' (potential or real) issues. IANAL and TINLA! To get more specific: Are you planning on using the USRP for wireless (RF) applications?

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ADSL Modem

2008-07-20 Thread Charles N Wyble
Swapna Raj wrote: Hello, Has anyone ever implemented ADSL using GNU Radio. It should be possible rite? H. Not sure why it would be possible. GNU Radio as far as I can tell is focused on radio. :) If you are interested in some open source DSL CPE please see

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] ADSL Modem

2008-07-20 Thread Martin Braun
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:07:00AM -0700, Charles N Wyble wrote: Has anyone ever implemented ADSL using GNU Radio. It should be possible rite? H. Not sure why it would be possible. GNU Radio as far as I can tell is focused on radio. :) Hm, DSL is basically OFDM over copper. So why

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Frank Brickle
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Eric Blossom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should seek professional legal advice and be sure that you understand the terms of the license. The problem is finding a lawyer who truly, actually understands the GPL. They're both pretty busy these days. ;-)

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Rudy Moore
Matt-John wrote: Hello All, We are planning to use USRP/GNURADIO core to produce some commercial products. Is this legal ? If not, how we can make it legal ? Matt Matt, I'm sorry, but that is illegal. You can use the USRP, but not the GNURADIO firmware or software. Rudy

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread charles
I'm sorry? Please expand on why this is illegal? Wouldn't this be similar to say red hat linux or any other commercial linux distro? Please provide more info. Making a broad statement that something is illegal is quite a bold move. I certainly hope you can back the statement up and in

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Johnathan Corgan
Rudy Moore wrote: We are planning to use USRP/GNURADIO core to produce some commercial products. Is this legal ? If not, how we can make it legal ? I'm sorry, but that is illegal. You can use the USRP, but not the GNURADIO firmware or software. Rudy Um, no. GNU Radio is licensed

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Kenan Ezal
Matt, I'm sorry, but that is illegal. You can use the USRP, but not the GNURADIO firmware or software. Rudy This is completely false. The GNU GPL license does allow you to package the software covered by the license and sell it so long as you make the software freely available to the buyer.

[Discuss-gnuradio] NON-block reading for OS.read(tun_tap) in tunnel.py

2008-07-20 Thread Feng Andrew Ge
I am trying to enable non-blocking reading for os.read(tun_fd, *) through open_tun_interface() in tunnel.py, did anybody do so before? Are there any potential problem for the whole tunnel.py code if I do so? Thanks Andrew ___ Discuss-gnuradio

RE: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Rudy Moore
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:55:50 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm sorry, but that is illegal. You can use the USRP, but not the GNURADIO firmware or software. Um, no. Okay you got me. But answer me this: Why did we (the gnuradio experts) select a license that does not provide a

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Frank Brickle
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Michael Ossmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...An educated lawyer is going to be able to provide insights into how a particular license or contract affects his or her client, even after a single reading, that a layman would not notice... The complaint is aimed

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Frank Brickle
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Rudy Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay you got me. But answer me this: Why did we (the gnuradio experts) select a license that does not provide a clear answer to Matt's question? The answer *is* clear. It's not even very complicated. Nevertheless, for

Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

2008-07-20 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Rudy Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:55:50 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm sorry, but that is illegal. You can use the USRP, but not the GNURADIO firmware or software. Um, no. Okay you got me. But answer me this: Why did we