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Re: Octave - instrument control option
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Julien Salort |
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Re: Octave - instrument control option |
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Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:33:06 +0200 |
Le 26 juin 2012 à 11:24, Jacob Dawid a écrit :
> Julien,
>
> for legal issues please consider asking the fsf/a lawyer.
>
> However, probably we could work on getting rid of the dependencies on
> proprietary software in your code.
It's true that we could use libgpib instead of NI-488.2.
I'm unsure what would be the equivalent of NI-VISA.
There are other legal questions that are not GPL related:
- I've written support for the various instruments that I use (eg. Keithley
2000, Agilent 34970A, ...).
I don't know if these manufacturers allow third-parties to distribute "drivers"
for those instruments.
- Additionnally, I have only implemented a subset of their functions (depending
on my personnal needs).
Is this a problem ?
- And finally, what if a bug in my code leads to some accident in some place ?
(eg. someone who would use this code to control some piece of equipment and a
bug leads to something bad on this costy equipment or the people around. Would
I be legally responsible ?)
Julien
Re: Octave - instrument control option, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso, 2012/06/26