Sorry to raise an old chestnut in passing.... We should only provide an interface to the IgH software, nothing else. That software is Open Source. That is clear. The IgH software is actually stand alone on the PC, installed from its own package from their repo if you follow my instructions https://forum.linuxcnc.org/ethercat/45336-ethercat-installation-from-repositories-how-to-step-by-step <https://forum.linuxcnc.org/ethercat/45336-ethercat-installation-from-repositories-how-to-step-by-step> It would be up to the user to install the IgH package if he wanted to use ethercat devices, linuxcnc would just provide an interface to the igH package which the user may or may not install or use. That to me quarantines Beckhoff to IgH well away from linuxcnc.
Accessing different software packages by published API's is nothing new... IgH have made it much cleaner to do now they provide the repository. Rod Webster *1300 896 832* +61 435 765 611 Vehicle Modifications Network www.vehiclemods.net.au On Thu, 15 Sept 2022 at 21:09, Steffen Moeller <steffen_moel...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Am 15.09.2022 um 01:26 schrieb andy pugh: > > On Wed, 14 Sept 2022 at 23:37, Rod Webster<r...@vehiclemods.net.au> > wrote: > > > >> As an aside, there is no mention of Beckhoff copyright on the new > >> etherlabmaster repohttps://gitlab.com/etherlab.org/ethercat and shows > as > >> 100% open source so I think it would satisfy the debian masters. T > > That seems like it could be very important. Is there any suggestion > > that Beckhoff have changed stance (it would be in their interest to do > > so) or is this one-sided from etherlab? > > > > If the latter, are they omitting to mention, or do they have new > > information or a new legal interpretation? > > > > I would love to see EtherCAT fully integrated into our releases, but > > the Beckhoff license was weird. > > I think it is still a bit weird. Just randomly checked out > > https://gitlab.com/etherlab.org/ethercat/-/blob/master/master/datagram.c > > and this reads - below the GPL-blurb: > > * The license mentioned above concerns the source code only. Using the > * EtherCAT technology and brand is only permitted in compliance with the > * industrial property and similar rights of Beckhoff Automation GmbH. > > This is self-contradicting, I tend to think. Not to use the brand name is > already difficult enough, but not using the technology? > > Best, > Steffen > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-developers mailing list > Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers > _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
