JFFS2 and GPL: was: Re: [En-Nut-Discussion] FAT filesystem and SD/MMC cards

[Ole Reinhardt]

Hi all,

> The ecos JFFS2 doesn't look bad. Unfortunately it's GPL'ed and
> won't fit to Ethernut's BSD licence.

This should not be that much of a problem as there is a small exception
to the GPL. Read http://sources.redhat.com/jffs2/jffs2-licence.html

I understood that we could use the code as long as we publish the jffs2
code itself under GPL. All other code of NutOS won't be affected by
this.

Bye,

Ole Reinhardt

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