Editing ECos (section)

==History==
eCos was initially developed in 1997<ref>{{cite web |author=eCosCentric website |title=eCos Timeline |url=http://www.ecoscentric.com/ecos/timeline.shtml |quote=eCos was conceived and initially developed by Cygnus Solutions Inc., who initiated the project in February 1997.|access-date=2015-07-01}}</ref> by [[Cygnus Solutions]] which was later bought by [[Red Hat]]. In early 2002, Red Hat ceased development of eCos and laid off the staff of the project.<ref>{{cite news|title=Red Hat backs away from eCos?|publisher=linuxdevices.com|date=2002-06-19|url=http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5933176616.html|access-date=2007-04-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416105502/http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5933176616.html|archive-date=2007-04-16}}</ref> Many of the laid-off staff continued to work on eCos and some formed their own companies providing services for the software. In January 2004, at the request of the eCos developers, Red Hat agreed to transfer the eCos copyrights to the [[Free Software Foundation]]<ref>{{cite press release|title=Red Hat to contribute copyrights held in the eCos code base to the Free Software Foundation|publisher=Red Hat|date=2004-01-13|url=http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press-archive/2004/1/press-ecos}}</ref> in October 2005, a process finally completed in May 2008.