On 16 January 2018 at 18:52, Nicklas Karlsson <[email protected]> wrote:ause of lack of official company home page. > > > Software is basically "soem" https://openethercatsociety. > github.io/doc/soem/index.html >
I would very much like to see EtherCAT supported by LinuxCNC, but this part of the SOEM license is (I think) a problem: "The EtherCAT Technology, the trade name and logo "EtherCAT" are the intellectual property of, and protected by Beckhoff Automation GmbH. You can use SOEM for the sole purpose of creating, using and/or selling or otherwise distributing an EtherCAT network master provided that an EtherCAT Master License is obtained from Beckhoff Automation GmbH" What this means is that if we distribute SOEM with LinuxCNC then (as I understand it, and I am not a lawyer) then we obligate any LinuxCNC user who uses that distribution to obtain a licence from Beckhof. (Even if they don't actively use it, but that part is rather unclear to me) -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
