FAQ

• What is FreeOSEK?
• Can I use FreeOSEK for commercial purposes?
• How can I contribute with the project?
• Why FreeOSEK and not other RTOS?
• Why FreeOSEK and not other OSEK implementation?
• How to get support?

Please see our What is FreeOSEK? page.

Yes, you can use FreeOSEK for commercial purposes and distribute your code with a different licensing type other than GPL v3.
FreeOSEK is released as GPL3 with Link Exception, please take a look at our licensing page for more details.

You can take part in the project in many forms. Using it is the easiest way. But if you are interested in any task, please do not hesitate in writing to the FreeOSEK team. We are open to new ideas and participants. You can participate porting FreeOSEK to new hardware, writing new modules or reporting bugs (we hope you don't find any). You can also contribute not only with money, but with development boards, debugger or other hardware too.

freeosek depends on your needs. FreeOSEK is a RTOS orientated for real time operation and is a priority based RTOS based on OSEK-VDX standard. Other RTOS are more POSIX like or only project specific.

If you have a commercial OSEK then you will not be interested in FreeOSEK. If you are a student, a small company or you need an OSEK to perform a product evaluation you may like to test FreeOSEK.

You can contact FreeOSEK team in many ways, please visit the support page for more information.