Is uCLinx free?!

Danny,

uClinux is (just as "normal" linux) released under the GPL (GNU Public License) and therefore is basicly free as long as you don't charge others for it and release the sources when requested.

for more information visit free software foundation (http://www.fsf.org/licensing) or related pages to read the exact ins and outs.

When you use uClinux as the OS and you build your own (NON-GPL) programs on top, you are allowed to charge money for your own programs and you do not need to releasr the sources.

When you make changes to the uClinux kernel (or any GPL program for that matter) you need to give credit to the original author and releases the sources of your modifications to the community.

I'm not a lawyer so don't sue me when you get sued...

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originally posted by wgoossens@Oct 12 2005, 01:37 AM

danny,

uclinux is (just as "normal" linux) released under the gpl (gnu public license) and therefore is basicly free as long as you don't charge others for it and release the sources when requested.

for more information visit free software foundation (http://www.fsf.org/licensing) or related pages to read the exact ins and outs.

when you use uclinux as the os and you build your own (non-gpl) programs on top, you are allowed to charge money for your own programs and you do not need to releasr the sources.

when you make changes to the uclinux kernel (or any gpl program for that matter) you need to give credit to the original author and releases the sources of your modifications to the community.

i'm not a lawyer so don't sue me when you get sued...

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thanks wgoosens, thats basicly what we needed to know, we wont be using it for a product ourselves, but we are doing an internship, and for our assignment we are researching some stuff about the nios II, and it might be used in future products from our company, so one factor in the choice for the OS to use is wether or not royaltee fees need to be payed for it (right now in another product the company uses windows CE, costs em 60 bucks per license http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif )

(btw, im dannyjacobs&#39; coworker at the internship)

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originally posted by thomsonbro@Oct 12 2005, 04:13 AM

thanks wgoosens, thats basicly what we needed to know, we wont be using it for a product ourselves, but we are doing an internship, and for our assignment we are researching some stuff about the nios ii, and it might be used in future products from our company, so one factor in the choice for the os to use is wether or not royaltee fees need to be payed for it (right now in another product the company uses windows ce, costs em 60 bucks per license http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#emo_dir#>/sad.gif )

(btw, im dannyjacobs&#39; coworker at the internship)

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hehe i&#39;m also doing some research on the Nios2 running linux as an intern http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

I hope the company wil keep using uClinux instead of the pricy counterparts. All it costs is me answering questions oin this forum in the boss&#39;s time...

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originally posted by wgoossens+oct 12 2005, 05:06 am--><div class='quotetop'>quote (wgoossens @ oct 12 2005, 05:06 am)</div>

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thanks wgoosens, thats basicly what we needed to know, we wont be using it for a product ourselves, but we are doing an internship, and for our assignment we are researching some stuff about the nios ii, and it might be used in future products from our company, so one factor in the choice for the os to use is wether or not royaltee fees need to be payed for it (right now in another product the company uses windows ce, costs em 60 bucks per license http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#emo_dir#>/sad.gif )

(btw, im dannyjacobs&#39; coworker at the internship)

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hehe i&#39;m also doing some research on the Nios2 running linux as an intern http://forum.niosforum.com/work2/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

I hope the company wil keep using uClinux instead of the pricy counterparts. All it costs is me answering questions oin this forum in the boss&#39;s time...

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same here, right now they use the micro/os from altera, but the lwip stack is rather slow, so we are considering a few alternatives, and one factor was license costs, after all if we plan to incorporate this system in every new product, we will loose some money per sale to license costs..