LicenseTexts and Acknowledgements for any open source software used in this Philips product
Philips Electronics Hong Kong Ltd. hereby offers to deliver, upon request, a copy of the complete corresponding source code for the copyrighted open source software packages used in this product for which such offer is requested by the respective licenses. This offer is valid up to three years after product purchase to anyone in receipt of this information. To obtain source code, please contact open.source@philips.com. If you prefer not to XVHHPDLORULI\RXGRQRWUHFHLYHFRQÀUPDWLRQUHFHLSWZLWKLQDZHHNDIWHUPDLOLQJWRWKLVHPDLODGGUHVVSOHDVH write to Open Source Team, Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, P.O. Box 220, 5600 AE Eindhoven, The 1HWKHUODQGV,I\RXGRQRWUHFHLYHWLPHO\FRQÀUPDWLRQRI\RXUOHWWHUSOHDVHHPDLOWRWKHHPDLODGGUHVVDERYHµ
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The goal of the license is to serve the eCos user community as a whole. It allows all eCos users to develop products without paying anybody anything, no matter how many developers are working on the product or how many units will be shipped. The license also guarantees that the eCos source code will always be freely available. This applies not only to the core eCos code itself but also to any changes that anybody makes to the core. In particular, it should prevent any company or individual contributing code to the system and then later claiming that all eCos users are now guilty of copyright or patent infringements and have to pay royalties. It should also prevent any company from making some small improvements, calling the result a completely new system, and releasing this under a new and less generous license.
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