Re: [rtl-advocacy] Re: [realtime] Re: Open letter to Victor Yodaiken

["Griggs, Travis" <tgriggs@keyww.com>]

Karim Yaghmour wrote:

> yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
> >
> > Again: anyone who has a question on the license is invited to email me.
> >
>
> I did e-mail you a question and you did not answer. As many people have
> shown interest for this question to be answered I submit it to you again,
> please answer by YES or NO:
>
> Are you, or the license or both, suggesting that anyone who builds
> proprietary closed-source "real-time" modules based on an unmodified
> and therefore LGPL RTAI will have to pay FSMLabs?
>
> Thank you for your time.

Karim, you put it clearer than I did. I too am interested in the answer to
this question.

If the answer is YES, then I would conclude that the patent is being
leveraged for financial gain.

If the answer is NO, then I would conclude that Victor's intentions regarding

the patent are honorable.

--
Travis Griggs (a.k.a. Lord of the Fries)
Member, Fravenic Skreiggser Software Collective
Key Technology
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