Re:QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's...
by adev_ on Friday November 08, 2024 @04:03AM
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> The big commercial users - traditionally cars and other embedded uses - will not want to be legally obligated to give users the ability to install custom firmware (which GPLv3 basically requires), so they'll still pay for it. Everyone wins.
Yes. And it is even more than that.
Blackberry could have a general QNX verison under AGPLv3 and keep the "safety certified" version proprietary and they would not loose a single customer.
What the automotive world, robotic world and others are paying for... is not the Operating System, it is the safety critical certification of the Operating System.
Making an RTOS is easy. Making an RTOS plus a compiler
ISO26262 ASIL-D certified is a freaking nightmare. This is precisely what companies are willing to pay for.
Opening the QNX source code under GPL would widen significantly the number of software ported on QNX and the adoption.
Unfortunately, Blackberry is way too stupid to do it and it is unlikely to happen.
Yes. And it is even more than that.
Blackberry could have a general QNX verison under AGPLv3 and keep the "safety certified" version proprietary and they would not loose a single customer.
What the automotive world, robotic world and others are paying for... is not the Operating System, it is the safety critical certification of the Operating System.
Making an RTOS is easy. Making an RTOS plus a compiler ISO26262 ASIL-D certified is a freaking nightmare. This is precisely what companies are willing to pay for.
Opening the QNX source code under GPL would widen significantly the number of software ported on QNX and the adoption.
Unfortunately, Blackberry is way too stupid to do it and it is unlikely to happen.