Hello, We have considered a lot of industrial actors (field bus area : ethernet ip, profinet io, sercos, ethercat) and we are very disappointed about the lack of linux support (no driver for hardware controllers based, or master stack code at prohibit coasts for small companies). We are interested in the IgH EtherCAT® Master but some question about the license arise. I apologize for my tiny knowledge of licensing question. We develop our first commercial project with linux materials (currently windows os...)
- can we actually consider that using master stack code is not a GPL derived work. Consequently our application (test beds) is not reached by the GPL, and our final customers are not disturbed with legal complicated questions. - what is the IgH point of view about the license questions: - linux side : "Loadable device drivers using the normal kernel interfaces", "loadable modules using non standard kernel interfaces" "standalone kernel modules" - beckoff side vs the linux side - FMTC (http://ethercatmaster.berlios.de/) has removed the source code and the status is not clear with the LGPL license. Will the IgH remain GPL based ? - Beckoff (and others) are not interested with small company like mine - Because working with commercial "big" actors tend to be very tedious or error prone (or impossible) for small and micro companies, we are ready to support open project. Thanks you Manfred _______________________________________________ etherlab-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etherlab.org/mailman/listinfo/etherlab-users
