On 26/7/2023 3:50 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote: > Replace the main page with a high level description of the RTEMS feature > set similar to: > > https://docs.rtems.org/branches/master/user/overview/index.html#features > > The replaced content can be found in the RTEMS Classic API Guide: >
This makes sense. > + * The Real-Time Executive for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS) is a > + * multi-threaded, single address-space, real-time operating system with no > + * kernel-space/user-space separation. It is capable to operate in an SMP > + * configuration providing a state of the art feature set. > + * > + * RTEMS is licensed under a [modified GPL 2.0 or later license with an > + * exception for static linking](https://git.rtems.org/rtems/tree/LICENSE>). > + * It exposes no license requirements on application code. The third-party > + * software used and distributed by RTEMS which may be linked to the > + * application is licensed under permissive open source licenses. Everything > + * necessary to build RTEMS applications is available as open source > software. > + * This makes you completely vendor independent. > + * > + * The goal is to use the [BSD 2-Clause > + * license](https://git.rtems.org/rtems/tree/LICENSE.BSD-2-Clause) for new > code > + * or code those copyright holder agreed to a license change, see > + * [#3053](https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/3053) for the details. Why all this detail about the licenses here? I think it complicates things by adding another place it is mentioned. A list of licences or a comment on how to determine the licenses yes. I would have though we are now mostly BSD with some places still GLP+exception. Chris _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@rtems.org http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
