Bug#222299: RFP: RT Linux -- kernel patch and modules to provide features for real time computing
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : kernel-patch-RTLinux-Free
Version : 3.2
Upstream Author : FSM labs <support@fsmlabs.com>
* URL : http://www.fsmlabs.com/products/openrtlinux/
* License : GPL
Description : kernel patch and modules to support real time computing
From http://www.fsmlabs.com/products/openrtlinux/ and the description
of the commersion variant:
FSMLabs RTLinuxPro building block (the commercial variant) is a tested
and validated, hard real-time, POSIX operating system that runs Embedded
Linux as an application platform. The RTCore real-time kernel at the
heart of RTLinuxPro provides rock-solid, low microsecond worst case
interrupt latency and scheduling jitter plus seamless access to Linux.
RTLinuxFree is the open source release of RTLinux: community supported,
free software, available for download at no cost. RTLinuxFree is
licensed under the GPL (see the release license file for details) and
the RTLinux Open Patent License.
It is not FSMLabs' intent that RTLinuxFree be used as an evaluation
mechanism or as an indicator of capabilities found in RTLinuxPro. While
the two originated from the same source code base, RTLinuxPro has gone
through significant rewrites and much Q/A. Impressions based on one
product should not be applied to the other, as their feature sets are
very different. If you are looking to use RTLinux in a production
environment, please contact us at business@fsmlabs.com for an RTLinuxPro
evaluation.
RTLinuxFree is community-supported through an active mailing list, and
is designed to meet the requirements of the open source community and
developers by permitting free open source distribution of the operating
system and real-time applications under the GPL. Please refer to the
Open Patent License for exact terms for distribution and development. In
general, using RTLinuxFree is free for GPL software developers. FSMLabs
does sell "escape GPL" licenses and there are some cases where you can
use RTLinuxFree without releasing your source code, but we encourage
people who don't want to use the GPL to purchase RTLinuxPro.
FSMLabs offers commercial support for RTLinuxFree applications and there
are a number of independent consultants who can be found on the mailing
list. Refer to our services page for details on the level of service
FSMLabs can provide.
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