Hi Erich & All; Erich Waelde <ew.fo...@nassur.net> writes:
> I do not see a way to combine amforth (GPL) with a proprietary > application written in amforth. On the other hand, I'm of course > not a lawyer. Let's assume that your customer installs generic Amforth software (asm + libs + your special modifications) into a proprietry AVR based system for dish-washer control. There is no doubt that this system is GPL as well (i.e., all "your special modifications" must be exposed). Now, you supply your customer seperatly with dish-washer application software as a set of Forth files to compile/upload. Knowing about GPL what I know no one can make a serious argument that your dish-washer application is GPL as well and needs to be exposed to the prying eyes of competing dish-washer manufacturers [who are eager to learn how you managed to reach such a great electric efficiency :-) ] Still, there is some inconvenience involved in the above as we need to maintain an "arms length" distance between loading of the GPL stuff and loading of the proprietry stuff. Here Matthias, as the copyright holder, can step in and allow certain exceptions. For example, permit combined loading of hex code. Being corp. world friendly has the power to transform the Amforth project... Regards, Enoch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Amforth-devel mailing list for http://amforth.sf.net/ Amforth-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amforth-devel
