RE: [ECOS] Re: new elf loader library

[Fabrice Gautier <Fabrice_Gautier at sdesigns dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Larmour [mailto:jlarmour@redhat.com]
> Subject: Re: [ECOS] Re: new elf loader library
> 
> 
> Fabrice Gautier wrote:
> > 
> > Hum... dynamic loading! looks like a nice feature...
> > 
> > Could that mean that finally dynamically loaded apps 
> binaries and kernel
> > binaries could be separated and that GPL code won't 
> contaminate non GPL code
> > ?
> 
> Dynamic linking doesn't avoid the GPL unfortunately.


Well at least this allow to distribute GPL binaries separately from non-GPL
binaries. Then one coudl argue that loading your GPL Application on eCos is
the same thing than , say, loading you GPL application on WinCE. Providing
that your only using the kernel API i think that could stand. That probably
doesn't work for a driver however. 

But at least one requirement of the GPL, which is allowing redistribution of
binaries would be met.

But I guess this is still a borderline case...

-- 
Fabrice Gautier
Software Engineer, Sigma Designs
Fabrice_Gautier@sdesigns.com