License is overly restrictive

CrossTheRoadElec / Phoenix-api

CTRE Phoenix language API (targets FIRST Robotics Competition, Linux, RaspPi, Windows)

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License is overly restrictive #12

Closed d235j closed 3 years ago

d235j commented 6 years ago

The license (at https://github.com/CrossTheRoadElec/Phoenix-frc-lib/blob/3c6d301f8bd7269a97af0fe65e5b7ff2e3f1f6c2/LICENSE) seems to restrict use of the software only to FRC applications with the RoboRIO. However, the hardware is also useful for non-FRC applications such as college-level robotics competitions, perhaps with other hardware than the RoboRIO. I noticed that the license text in the binary installer is not restrictive in this way. Can the license text in the repo be updated to match that one?

ozrien commented 6 years ago

The intent was that it is permissive if either

using CTR Electronics hardware products
using roboRIO for FRC (we don't make the roboRIO). If your using our hardware products (talon, vic, hero, pdp, whatever), its fine. Also there are several collegiate groups using our hardware/software.

d235j commented 6 years ago

@ozrien if that's the case it would probably be useful to clarify the wording to clearly state either/or.

auscompgeek commented 6 years ago

Given #50, it would be great if the license text was clarified to accurately reflect the intention. I'm sure this could very much become a point of confusion again moving forward. Liberal use of "and/or" would probably suffice.