Re: gEDA-user: firmware and the GPL license

[Stuart Brorson <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> After some reading my interpretation of the GPL is that if I compile
> that code into my firmware which will be "conveyed" to the client,
> then the entire firmware code now has to fall under the GPL. This
> effectively means that my client would have to open source their
> firmware if I make use of the GPL'ed code.
>
> So two questions:
>
> 1) Is the above interpretation correct?

Yup.

> 2) What practical licenses are out there for this type of situation?

Look for software licensed under the BSD license.  Wasabi Systems is a
company which specializes in distributing BSD software for embedded
applications.  They use BSD for precisely the reason you identify
above.

Stuart


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