Hi everyone,
I am struggling to understand the licensing structure for SOEM(Simple Open EtherCAT Master), the open source implementation of EtherCAT.
Please refer to the following URL:
https://rt-labs.com/rt-product/soem/
On Github, SOEM is distributed under the GPL v2 license. RT-LABS is named as the copyright holder of SOEM.
RT-LABS sells SOEM licenses for 3000 euros, what is the reason for this? Does this mean that by paying the price, I get a quality guarantee?
There are semiconductor manufacturers that sell a commercial version with a manufacturer's warranty, such as EEPROM writing software, with a clear statement that the evaluation version and the commercial version are exactly the same.
Thanks,
I am struggling to understand the licensing structure for SOEM(Simple Open EtherCAT Master), the open source implementation of EtherCAT.
Please refer to the following URL:
https://rt-labs.com/rt-product/soem/
On Github, SOEM is distributed under the GPL v2 license. RT-LABS is named as the copyright holder of SOEM.
RT-LABS sells SOEM licenses for 3000 euros, what is the reason for this? Does this mean that by paying the price, I get a quality guarantee?
There are semiconductor manufacturers that sell a commercial version with a manufacturer's warranty, such as EEPROM writing software, with a clear statement that the evaluation version and the commercial version are exactly the same.
Thanks,