[Buildroot] Is GPLv2 the right license for Buildroot?

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Mon Sep 16 18:16:58 UTC 2013


Thomas, Andy, All,

On 2013-09-16 20:01 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:45:00 +0000, ANDY KENNEDY wrote:
> > >   - on an embedded system, the probability that there is a GPL
> > > program is rather high (eg. busybox, the Linux kernel);
> > 
> > Not always.  There is still a high contingent in the States that use
> > VXWorks, and then a lesser population use a home-grown kernel without
> > every touching GPL code.
> 
> I believe Yann was implicitly saying "embedded Linux system". Buildroot
> is of no-use for VxWorks based systems or other non-Linux operating
> systems.

Yes, of course. :-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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