On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@gmail.com> wrote:
> So in the end, you do not really see GPLed firmware pieces in
> small MCUs like PIC. You do see that embedded Linux being
> used by bigger MCUs where it is easier to seperate the kernel
> space and user space. Even there, the end user need to be
> very careful about seperating the kernel and the user codes.
>

But GPL with an exception clause can be used.

For example, GPL+LE - (GPL plus Library/Runtime Exception)
is considered good by many sdcc developers.
http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?page=Library+License+Selection


Xiaofan
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