On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Aditya Lal wrote: > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:20:57 -0700 (PDT) > From: Aditya Lal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Saifi, > > Few questions (just trying to understand the scope of "Appliance OS") >
Hi Aditya: The key aspects - 1. The entire RockHopper code base is covered under GPL v2 ! 2. Any script written, any library created on top of RockHopper will also be governed by GPL v2. 3. The copyright for the code created by contributors is owned by TWINCLING Society, Hyderabad AP, India. All contributors need to sign copyright transfer form. 4. Exclusively designed for weav with pre-defined hardware configuration. It also means that anybody trying to encourage us by sending excerpts of their vfriends patents will not work. Please see replies inline. > Capability : Will it be capable of hosting any > arbitrary service ? No. > If yes, will it come with standard LAMP configuration ? > No. > Hardware robustness : Will it be robust (say like a > laptop) ? Can it work without UPS ? What if the > customer suffer a voltage fluctuation - or he just > decides to switch it on/off/on/off ? What if he drops > it ? Will it have sensors for temperature, gravity, > etc. ? > Too early to say. > Fault Recovery : Will it have diagnostics tests that > can check each part ? Will it have externally visible > indicators depicting the health of the appliance ? Can > we add another appliance as replacement to take over ? > Too early to say. > Cluster : Can I make an appliance group ? Will there > be out-of-box support for a group of appliances to get > connected as a cluster ? > Too early to say. > Performance : Can the appliance be scaled-up based on > the need ? Can I get extra memory or HDD ? > Too early to say. > License : Will the application hosted on this > appliance required to be GPL v2 compliant ? > Only GPL v2. > Are you envisaging it to be like Google Appliance > (specific purpose) or like Mac Mini (general) ? Unable to comment on closed proprietary products. > Actually I am not clear whether it is only for WEAV or > can it be used elsewhere. Exclusively for WEAV. thanks Saifi.
