On Thursday, 3 March 2022 10:49:53 EST andy pugh wrote: > On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 at 15:14, Steffen Möller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de> wrote: > > But he took the freedom to point out that there are others who > > are already shipping EtherCAT drivers and have not experienced any > > legal problem at all - he just cannot make any promises of any sorts > > about the future > > There is quite a gap between "we don't plan to turn evil" and "we > promise not to turn evil"
Indeed Andy. At this point, we've done well w/o it for what, 20 years now? I don't see the future risk as zero... Their restriction on gpl2, renders it null and void. Be wary, very wary. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
