Re: gEDA-user: firmware and the GPL license

[Steven Ball <hamster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 15, 2007, at 1:01 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> That's why I license all my stuff so that you don't need to worry
> about the license :-)


Much appreciated.  I currently work for a small company doing  
electronic repair and design, and the gEDA suite is just the ticket  
for getting things done.  The company has more or less standardized on  
using Macs, so it is nice to be able to use something that works well  
in that environment.  I am continuously amazed at what progress is  
going on with the project and I hope I have time at some point to lend  
a hand.  As I move forward using gEDA, I have been generating  
footprints and symbols for chips I am using that are not in the  
library, which I hope to contribute back to the project once I get  
them cleaned up and vetted.

However, as we move forward, I want to make sure that any hardware  
that the company sells is 'legal', and that we do not need to send out  
source with it.  Not that I wouldn't love to, but you know how it is...

The issue of firmware is interesting to me for the same issues.  So  
far, nothing that has gone out has had firmware that was generated  
using GPL utilities, but as I become better at using them on in-house  
projects invariably I will want to use them on actual products.   
Better to figure this out now rather than later.

So, basically, as long as the final version does not pull in  
significant (ie, more than a few bytes of) GPL'd sources to produce  
the final result, even if it was generated with GPL'd tools, the final  
result does not have to be compliant with the GPL, correct?

-Steve


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