RTEMS Wiki BSP Infobox

[Joel Sherrill]

Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On Thursday 08 January 2009 21:19:17 Matt Rippa wrote:
>   
>> One really convenient thing would be to include local copies of
>> data-sheets and docs for said BSP.
>>     
>
>  Vendor docs are usually not freely distributable, even if you can simply 
> download them from their website.  So legally, you're not allowed to do this.  
> Obviously, it's pretty unlikely that a vendor will ever go to court if you 
> remove the docs when they complain, but it's still a liability.
>
>  To be safe, you'd need to ask the vendor for permission to mirror it.  
> Something like "<Vendor company> grants permission to <RTEMS hosting company> 
> to re-distribute verbatim copies of documentation available on <vendor 
> website>."
>   
Thanks.  Do you know of any existing mirrors?

Otherwise, I will just start having to ask vendors.  Obviously
this is something users can help out a LOT with since they
have existing relationships with board vendors.  If you want
documentation mirrored, please introduce me to your
representative so I am not doing cold contacts.
>  Regards,
>  Arnout
>
>   


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