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They don't have a clue, no, they're mostly just turbomad about having poor benchmark results published in the past.

• mcguire 9y ago
  "The FreeRTOS GPL exception text follows: "Any FreeRTOS source code, whether modified or in it's original release form, or whether in whole or in part, can only be distributed by you under the terms of the GNU General Public License plus this exception. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on FreeRTOS. "Clause 1: "Linking FreeRTOS with other modules is making a combined work based on FreeRTOS. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License V2 cover the whole combination. "As a special exception, the copyright holders of FreeRTOS give you permission to link FreeRTOS with independent modules to produce a statically linked executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on FreeRTOS. "Clause 2: "FreeRTOS may not be used for any competitive or comparative purpose, including the publication of any form of run time or compile time metric, without the express permission of Real Time Engineers Ltd. (this is the norm within the industry and is intended to ensure information accuracy)." Yeah. Nice. Without pondering it too much (& IANAL), clause 1 seems ok, but 2 is going to contradict the GPL. Calling their license "GPL plus exceptions" is probably going to get them yelled at by the FSF.