I wrote a little article describing my project. The thing is thought I base my self off one one the examples and build up on it. Does any one know what the redistributing rights are or who I can ask? I emailed the sales team. But still no response.
I want to have my project available for download. In the comment, it sais "viral" open-source. To me that means that it can't be redistributed witha software with GLP. would some thing like BSD work then?
"viral" open-source. To me that means that it can't be redistributed witha software with GLP. would some thing like BSD work then?
here is the comment header
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Jean-Marc,
I am not a lawyer, but please see this thread and this thread for a discussion on licensing. The post from Jean Anne in the 2nd thread summarizes this appropriately.
BrandonI am not a lawyer
Does TI have a "legal" department for customers to contact with queries like this?
With software becoming such an integral part of all semiconductor products, these kinds of issues can only increase; it is no longer sufficient just to provide Technical Support - you also need a "Legal Support" (or, at least, "Licensing Support") department...!
I have contacted the TI support they do have a legal section. I tried contacting them threw the stellaris website but I didn't get an answer. When i went threw TI support I got an answer within a few days. They said they would get some one to reply on the forum as well. As far as what i got as a reply basically if i am releasing it for personal use and not as a open source project then it should be ok. They also stress that it was not legal advice and I should probably refer the thread linked by Brandon and contact a lawyer for any thing beyond that.
Just noticed that StellarisWare driverlib version 9107 has now changed it's licensing to BSD - from the release notes:
glennsky,
You are correct please see the new sticky on the forum which explains this a bit more:
http://e2e.ti.com/support/microcontrollers/stellaris_arm_cortex-m3_microcontroller/f/471/t/196963.aspx
-Dave
thanks