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@@ -1,26 +1,6 @@ [](https://builds.sr.ht/~shrik3/rustubs/commits/master/x86_64.yml?) -# License & Copyright: - -The following list of files contain code copied or derived from the OOStuBS -project, an minimal operating system used in several German universities for -tutorial purposes. These code are available in public, but the Copyright status -is not clear. - -This project **will adapt a copy-left license** (presumably EUPL-1.2). As soon -as I do a total clean-room rewrite of the borrowed code. **As for now, all -rights are reserverd**. I'm sorry for this, but I need to stay on the safe side -before everything is sorted out. -To be specific: -``` -./boot/startup-x86_64.s - Copyright 1998-2002 Institut für Verteilte Systeme (IVS), Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg - Copyright 2002-2019 Lehrstuhl für Informatik 4, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - -rest of the code: - Copyright 2023-2024 Tianhao Wang <shrik3@mailbox.org> -``` # RuStuBS: a rust tutorial operating system inspired by OOStuBS. @@ -100,12 +80,19 @@ Please take a look at the CI manifest: ├── src # main source code ``` +# License & Copyright: + +This project is licensed under **EUPL 1.2.**. See `LICENSE` and `ATTRIBUTIONS`. + +**Notes on OOStuBS** +The OOStuBS, which this project takes inspirations from, doesn't allow +re-distribution without written consent from its copyright holders. This project +contains some small pieces of boilerplate code and comments from OOStuBS (such +as initializing the GDT). These are generic enough that the OOStuBS copyright +shouldn't apply (also see below for details). Also I'll gradually get rid of +such snippets. + # Remarks -**Why not projects like [blog_os](https://os.phil-opp.com/)?** -firstly, because it's my own practice. "What I can't create, I don't understand". -Secondly, the newest revision of *blog_os* can only be booted with BIOS, not -UEFI. And the complexity (e.g. the sartup.s) is hidden behind the `bootimage`, -I feel necessary to go through the painful part. **Relationship w. OOStuBS** This project is inspired by OOStuBS. It started as a mere copy, but the path @@ -131,6 +118,18 @@ quickly diverged. why you are still seeing "all rights reserved" instead of a copy-left license. I'll do the clean-room rewrite as soon as possible. +**Relationship w. [rstubs](https://www.sra.uni-hannover.de/Lehre/WS23/L_BST/rdoc/rstubs/)** +NONE. This project has nothing to do the Uni Hannover rstubs project, a OOStuBS +spin-off written in rust. As a matter of fact, I didn't know its existence until +I accidentally came across it recently. People come up with similar ideas, it +happens. + +**Why not projects like [blog_os](https://os.phil-opp.com/)?** +firstly, because it's my own practice. "What I can't create, I don't understand". +Secondly, the newest revision of *blog_os* can only be booted with BIOS, not +UEFI. And the complexity (e.g. the sartup.s) is hidden behind the `bootimage`, +I feel necessary to go through the painful part. + **Your code sucks** yes. |