/* ChibiOS/RT - Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 Giovanni Di Sirio. This file is part of ChibiOS/RT. ChibiOS/RT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. ChibiOS/RT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . */ /** * @page credits Copyright and Credits * @brief Copyright and Credits * *

Copyright Statement

@verbatim ChibiOS/RT - Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 Giovanni Di Sirio. @endverbatim * *

Contributions and Copyright Assignment

* If you plan to contribute code to the ChibiOS/RT project then there is a * requirement you should be aware of: contributing code for inclusion in * the ChibiOS/RT main line requires assigning the copyright on the * contributed code to me (Giovanni Di Sirio).
* This may sound a bit strange but is pretty standard for this kind of * projects, there are several reasons for this requirement: * - ChibiOS/RT will probably also become a commercial product and it would * not be possible to re-license the code without ownership. Note that the * commercial product would not be a different or better product, just the * same GPL product made available, on request, under a different license. * The code will always be available to you under the current licensing * terms. * - Ownership is required when changing the licensing terms and this happens * each time the project goes from development/unstable to stable and * back because the addition/removal of the GPL linking exception. * - It will be easier for the project adopters to have a single ownership * point in case of licensing issues (both GPL or commercial). * - Losing the ownership on the code could preclude me the opportunity to * make this project a full time job as I hope. * - I definitely don't want to have to sort out copyright related issues * in the future so better be clear than sorry. * . * Note that contributions will always be welcome even without such copyright * assignment, the difference is that the contributed code would not be * merged into the main line, it will still made available as contributed * code with the contributor(s) copyright notice intact.
* Submissions of code with copyright notice should only happen through * email, please do not commit code with copyright notices directly on * the repository.
* When submitting code please state clearly your intention to keep the * copyright on your work by adding your own copyright notice within the * source code and by clearly mentioning your intentions in the message. Code * contributed without copyright notice will be considered donated.
* If in doubt with licensing issues please don't hesitate to contact me * in order to sort out any problem you may have.
* Of course the copyright assignment does not mean you would not be * recognized for your hard work, see the following section. * *

Credits

* I want to thank all the people that directly or indirectly contributed * to the project, I beg pardon if someone is missing: * - Adamo Reggiani, working on the Fujitsu port. * - Alexander Kozaruk, AT91SAM7S256 demo and description files for * the Olimex SAM7-P256 board. * - Brian Weaver, STM8 port, STM8 and STM32 testing and improvements. * - Egon Carusi, STM32 port improvements, testing and bug fixes. * - Enrico Cavazza, working on the Fujitsu port and a GUI subsystem. * - Eric Weddington, because his work on WinAVR and helping me sorting * out issues with the ChibiOS/RT license. * - Isidoro Orabona, co-developer of the ChibiOS/RT grandfather back * in 1988, it is a long long story involving a 6502 and a Z80... * - Jacek, Ride7 demo for STM32 Primer. * - Leon Woestenberg, CondVars idea and implementation, documentation * improvements and a lot of other ideas, he also helped with the lwIP port * (he is one of the developers of that project too). * - Leszek Bednarz, H8S and ColdFire ports and drivers maintainer. * - Liam Staskawicz, Posix simulator, AT91SAM7x and STM32 related * contributions, general improvements, many bug fixes and excellent * suggestions. * - Michael Fischer, because the work on YAGARTO and the excellent * feedback. * - Riccardo Scanu, another long story, this time involving reverse * engineering and giant robots... * - Vladimir, first tested and fixed the AVR port, I don't know the * surname but he has been the first contributor. * - Walter Goossens, several fixes to the LPC21xx support. * . */