Diego, It stops producing object code. Here's an example from a product I was using from Montavista (this was actually Mobilinux not MVPro):
a0193370# arm_v6_vfp_le-gcc hello.c error: Error: a valid MontaVista license key could not be found. The license files (or license server system network addresses) attempted are listed below. Use LM_LICENSE_FILE to use a different license file, or contact MontaVista license support at license_h...@mvista.com for assistance. For information about license keys and the GPL, visit: The license manager error is: Feature has expired. Feature: MV_GCC Expire date: 28-feb-2009 License path: /opt/arm/montavista/mobilinux/LicenseFile.lic:/mnt/sata2 - /opt/arm/montavista/common/bin/../../../../license/ FLEXnet Licensing error:-10,32 For further information, refer to the FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide, available at "www.macrovision.com". > -----Original Message----- > From: Diego Dompe [mailto:diego.do...@ridgerun.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:00 PM > To: Vladimir Pantelic > Cc: Diego Dompe; Griffis, Brad; davinci-linux-open-source > Subject: Re: Montavista Compiler License > > I'm not a lawyer, > > But if the toolchain is GPL (which I think it is), then is a GPL > violation that it stops working. > > Now, does the compiler really stops working at all (gcc bla bla give > you errors?) or the IDE stops working? > > Diego > > On Aug 6, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Vladimir Pantelic wrote: > > > Griffis, Brad wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Maybe someone from Montavista or anyone else with experience using > >> Montavista tools can help answer my question. > >> > >> A customer recently discovered "the hard way" that once your one > >> year support contract with Montavista expires that > >> your compiler ceases to function. The customer's product is more > >> or less complete, but it could be in production for > >> a lengthy amount of time (10 years). During that time it's likely > >> that a few bug reports will come in and they will > >> need to rebuild some things. Normally a customer would expect to > >> fix the bug and make a firmware update, but that's > >> not possible since their compiler is crippled! So what is > >> recommended in this situation? > >> > >> In general I think Montavista provides a great service to customers > >> and to the community. I highly recommend > >> Montavista to customers, particularly those customers who are not > >> Linux gurus. This compiler issue is a bit sticky > >> though and I hope there is some kind of clean solution where both > >> Montavista and our customers can be happy. > > > > just to be clear, we are speaking about the GCC based (GPL licensed) > > toolchain, right? Or a compiler that is not GPL > > based and MV wrote themselves? > > > > customer can always ask MV for the source code, if there is a > > timebomb inside, it is a matter of minutes to remove. > > > > If the MV IDE stops working, so be it, but the GPL toolchain of > > course must not... > > > > Regards, > > > > Vladimir > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Davinci-linux-open-source mailing list > > Davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com > > http://linux.davincidsp.com/mailman/listinfo/davinci-linux-open-source > _______________________________________________ Davinci-linux-open-source mailing list Davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com http://linux.davincidsp.com/mailman/listinfo/davinci-linux-open-source
