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Re:Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Int... by monocasa on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:06AM (#14958531)
What he's saying is that embedded devices a lot of the time statically link the kernel, libraries, and application all into on bare metal program. A GPL licence on the kernel and libraries would affect the application.
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Re:Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Int... by guyfawkes303 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:19AM (#14958714)
Right. My question is if the code on the bare metal device talks to, say, a cloud server running an API, does the code running the API also fall under the GPL, and therefore need to be released? I assume not, but assumptions can be dangerous.
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Re:Mongoose OS – An Open Source Operating System for the Int... by monocasa on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:30AM (#14958844)
Oh gotcha. No, your remote code wouldn't need to be released just because your IoT code is GPLed.
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