Re: [oc] RE: [pci] PCI core ( LICENSING )

[Richard Herveille <richard@asics.ws>]

I use a BSD style license.

> Aloha!
>
> Rudolf Usselmann wrote:
> > As one can see the usage of GPL & LGPL can become very
> > quickly very complicated. Thats why I personally do not
> > use either one. GPL and LGPL have been written for
> > software (and libraries). Trying to apply them to
> > hardware and IP cores is not as trivial as one would
> > think.
> >
> > I would rather see my cores being used than scaring
> > potential users away all together. My experience with
> > commercial users has been that they will avoid anything
> > that is not black & white in terms of licensing. I
> > suspect most commercial users will not use (L)GPLed IP
> > cores because of the uncertain legal issues.
>
> Not to start a license-war, but I usually prefer a BSD-style license in
> favor of the (L)GPL types. The BSD-license is an "AS IS", disclaimer style
> license that protects *me* from any problems caused to someone using my
> kludge. Also, it gives the user the right to do whatever he/she/it wants
> with the code, including keeping all changes to himself. The only
> restriction is the need to retain/produce the copyright notice itself.
>
> BSD-licensed SW-based code is used in tons of commercial products. I
> believe a similar license for HW-designs (cores) would work very nice
> indeed.


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