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| incinerator Jul 31, 2006 4:13 AM EDT |
Does anyone have any experience of actually dealing with WindRiver regarding their GNU/Linux products? I couldn't really find any public source code downloads at their website. I am wondering how closely they actually comply to the GPL, regarding source code access, access to derived works etc. I just hope they do not turn out to be another target for Harald Welte. There's enough companies out there who do utilise GNU/Linux but do not play by the rules already. |
| jsusanka Jul 31, 2006 6:08 AM EDT |
good point incinerator last I heard they thought linux was a cancer of some sort and was a national security threat. |
| devnet Jul 31, 2006 8:47 AM EDT |
I believe they use Red Hat on their systems: http://www.redhat.com/about/presscenter/2004/press_windriver... |
| jdixon Jul 31, 2006 11:40 AM EDT |
> Does anyone have any experience of actually dealing with WindRiver regarding their GNU/Linux products? Well, when WindRiver was first exploring the FOSS world, they bought the commerical version of BSD (BSD/OS?). One of the things hosted by the previous owners was Slackware. WindRiver promptly dumped Slackware. Needless to say, I take everything they say about Linux with a shaker of salt. |
| devnet Jul 31, 2006 12:03 PM EDT |
Can you really take them seriously with a name like Wind River? I know I can't... |
| sbergman27 Jul 31, 2006 12:07 PM EDT |
Quoting:BSD/OS? BSDi, I think. Or was that the name of the company? |
| devnet Jul 31, 2006 12:17 PM EDT |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VxWorks I think this gives a little background on them as does http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_River_Systems |
| incinerator Aug 01, 2006 12:45 AM EDT |
devnet: I know about vxworks, it is a popular embedded operating system. vxworks is non-free, so there's no question you won't be able to get the source code unless you pay big money to them. However, with the Linux kernel licensed under the GPL, they'll have to make source code of original products and derived works available. I'd simply like to know if they actually do.... |
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