Licensing and Condition 3

Hi, I’m working on a commerical project. In this project, I need to distribute my FreeRTOS project in object form, then I will compile and link some extensions, which are not provided by me;users of my device/app will create them, against my FreeRTOS project. In my FreeRTOS projects, I have some application software which will not be OpenSource. Of course, I’m going to distribute FreeRTOS part of my source code but not the other part. I know that FreeRTOS uses a modified GPL but the 3rd contidition is somehow cloudy for me: FreeRTOS is under a modified GPL license provided that; … 3. The combined work is not itself a library intended for linking into other software applications Does this mean that I can not distribute my project? Thanks Caglar AKYUZ

Licensing and Condition 3

> Hi, > > I’m working on a commerical project. In this project, I need to distribute my > FreeRTOS project in object form, then I will compile and link some extensions, You are doing the compilation…rather than providing a library that your users will compile against…. > which are not provided by me;users of my device/app will create them, against > my FreeRTOS project. In my FreeRTOS projects, I have some application software > which will not be OpenSource. Of course, I’m going to distribute FreeRTOS part > of my source code but not the other part. I know that FreeRTOS uses a modified > GPL but the 3rd contidition is somehow cloudy for me: > > FreeRTOS is under a modified GPL license provided that; > … > 3. The combined work is not itself a library intended for linking into other > software applications This clause is in place to protect the open source nature of the kernel code itself. > > > Does this mean that I can not distribute my project? Not necessarily – but I need to find out more about your app.  We have in the past provided special terms.  Can you write to me directly on r (dot) barry [at] freertos.org then we can discuss details a bit more. Regards.