On Fri, 2010-02-12 at 18:43 -0600, Jeff Brower wrote: > I would think that some statement from NI clarifying continuation of open > source status and GPL licensing for GNU > radio software (and hardware and FPGA logic, very crucial) would be > re-assuring to GNU radio developers and users, as > well as users-in-planning -- such as US Army guys mentioned below. Unless > the acquisition hasn't actually closed yet, > then the only thing I can guess that might be holding up NI is if they need > to tweak their wording, for example > mention items that might be excepted from GNU licensing if they conflict with > one of their many patents. The block > diagram user interface in GRC would be one possible example.
See prior email from me regarding GNU Radio software status. In short, GNU Radio is a product of the Free Software Foundation, not Ettus Research, and will continue to be licensed for use and distribution under the terms of the GPLv3. The USRP1/2 host driver software that exists today is part of that, and will be maintained. NI/Ettus Research announced they will develop a new driver for USRP2 and will dual-license under GPL and non-GPL. GNU Radio will be able to use it. Corgan Enterprises, Blossom Research, and Ettus Research are all working together to make this transition smooth. Johnathan Corgan Corgan Enteprises LLC _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
