initial port to stm32f4-discovery (cortex-m4)

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 03/07/2012 09:41 AM, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> On 03/03/2012 04:29 AM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> On 03/02/2012 03:21 PM, emu at e-bbes.com wrote:
>>> Zitat von Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I looked at this BSP. It contains a lot of files from ARM and
>>>> STMicroelectronics with file headers like this:
>>>> [..]
>>>> Where can I find the license information of these files?
>>>
>>> I would assume (not really knowing where it came from), that it is
>>> from the
>>> "STM32F4DISCOVERY board firmware package" downloadable at the bottom
>>> of :
>>> http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/252419.jsp
>>
>> http://www.st.com/internet/com/LEGAL_RESOURCES/LEGAL_AGREEMENT/LICENSE_AGREEMENT/EvaluationProductLicenseAgreement.pdf
>>
>>
>>
>> => eval-only, only in connection with eval-board, non-commercial only.
>> == non-free
>
> This is the license for the board, not the software.

This is the license the "design support" tab of the link you provided 
above (http://www.st.com/internet/evalboard/product/252419.jsp)
points to.

>>
>> => These files can not be part of RTEMS.
>
> To me it is completely unclear what the license for these source files
> is.

At the very bottom of the tab mentioned above, under "Firmware" you find 
a dedicated STM32F4-Discovery Firmware zip package, which, when you 
unpackage it contains a SW license.

To me, this SW license disqualifies any piece of SW from the 
"STM32F4-Discovery Firmware" package from inclusion into RTEMS.

> I will contact STMicroelectronics, but I think this will take months
> to change. This is yet another silicon vendor who plagues its customers
> (at least the one who care about licenses) with useless source code for
> its products.
Well, it depends on whose files the files are derived from.

The license Dimitry mentioned in another mail, would seem fine to me at 
first glance.

Ralf