I see a lot of the Genode work stems from and continues at various universities. Asides from the GPL, BSD, and original MIT (I think) licensing there is little mention of patent applications and holders.
I believe that honesty is paramount in any endeavor, business or community. Otherwise it could hardly be called "community" to begin with and though the term business may be skewed in many people's minds I for one uphold it as endeavors with integrity that are socially responsible.
Reciprocity goes well beyond open source code. Respect for other's work and, especially, valuation of others' time is the true measure of reciprocity.
Genode seems ok on the surface but untill it demonstrates clearly what it has in mind for the quality of life, for the valuation of others' time, and how it intends to contribute back in terms of work to the people that supported the entire university system to begin with it is nothing more than another deceptive attempt to profit from free contributions while not only getting paid yet applying for patents directly or indirectly through it's funders.
As Genode-labs are the ones soliciting contributions the hiatus rests on them and no one else to prove their own integrity first.
An integrity that can only be made known by Genode-labs own efforts to assure the QoL of ALL contributors and not just those of an inner university circle that has benefited from the work of countless people.
It doesn't take much to implement a digital punch clock and use a distributed cost license.
Hello,
I must admit that I was struggling whether to answer your post or not. It comes with a sense of entitlement that makes me uneasy. Also, I cannot grasp the incentive of spreading FUD about a project and the associated company out of the blue. So it is tempting to dismiss your posting as an attempt to troll.
However, behind the insulting surface, you expressed a valid concern. Namely that Genode Labs may just pay lip service to Open Source and Free Software while patenting the technology behind the back of the community. So I feel that keeping your posting dangling without any response might be a mistake.
Hereby, I want to set the record straight: Genode Labs has not filed a single patent. To the best of my knowledge, Genode OS technology is not encumbered by any patents. But who knows that for sure, given the thousands of patents filed each year, many of them covering trivial and mundane things? I expressed my stance on the subject before. Allow me to quote myself (feels a bit silly, but anyway):
"... there are things that are concerning or even frightening us. I'm speaking of software patents. Being an Open-Source project developing a new technology, we are aware that someone or some company may patent our ideas and there is not much we can do against this. I fear software patents as a cancerous threat to projects such as ours."
I think that this statement leaves not much room for interpretation.
Regarding discussions about Open-Source licensing or the way the project is organized: Cheap talk and spreading FUD is easy. Chit chatting about these matters by people who have no stake in the project is usually cheap talk. Even if such people show no sign of activity whatsoever, they somehow feel entitled to be experts and vocally express their opinion. Please don't bother the list with cheap talk and spare us spreading FUD. For honest inquiries about licensing, please contact licensing@...1...
Regards Norman
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