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

[Harald Kipp]

Thanks to Ole for providing the link to the GPL exception.
I hadn't been aware of that.

Indeed, providing the Nut/OS port as a separate package looks
like the best solution to me too.

Regards,
Harald

At 10:35 24.06.2005 +0300, Vesa wrote:
>Ole Reinhardt wrote:
>>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.
>
>I would make that as an external package and then provide link to it in 
>web page. Then it is on users own jurisdiction what to do with it. If we 
>bundle it with Nut/OS there might be some legal issues that we might not 
>see currently.
>
>GPL is evil if we think about commercial development. I wouldn't want any 
>GPL components in my software to be on safe side.
>
>Thanks,
>Vesa Jääskeläinen