initial port to stm32f4-discovery (cortex-m4)

[Sebastian Huber]

On 03/07/2012 12:12 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 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.

Yes, the license in the firmware package is not an open source license.

>
>> 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.

This package contains also CMSIS code from ARM with a questionable license. 
 From my point of view this makes the use of CMSIS unsuitable for open source 
projects.

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