Re: [Ext-rt-dev] Re: [ANNOUNCE] Linux 2.6 Real Time Kernel

From: Martijn Sipkema
Date: Wed Oct 13 2004 - 07:46:21 EST


[...]
> > It was intended to promote discussion, and that seems to be working.
>
> Yeah, for me a bit of freak out Saturday that is still
> kind of happening since this has been a personal project
> of mine for a long time. :) I interpreted it as a visibility
> move on your company's part, which I hate to say is a bit
> unnerving to know that another group was doing the same
> work. TimeSys's Scott Wood and friends are doing something
> like this as well. I'm only being fair by mentioning them. :)

As you are mentioning TimeSys; they are distributing a modified kernel
with added realtime features, but do they also make the source available?
I know that they used to extend the kernel using a proprietary kernel
module; a clear violation of the GPL.


--ms

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