Z:gnu-www-ja-rtlinux-patent--80977d-The Free Software Foundation a/en

The Free Software Foundation and Finite State Machine Labs Inc. (FSMLabs) today announced the release of the Open RTLinux patent license Version 2 fully compliant with the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). The Open Patent License grants the right to use U.S. Patent No. 5,995,745 in GPL-covered free software without payment of a royalty. This license protects GPL use of the RTLinux process.