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im-tomu / fomu-workshop

Support files for participating in a Fomu workshop
https://workshop.fomu.im
Apache License 2.0
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More permissive license for .pcf files #505

Open vazhnov opened 3 years ago

vazhnov commented 3 years ago

Hello!

Thank you for this project!

I want to copy .pcf files (this directory) to another project, to support different types of FOMU boards: https://github.com/BrunoLevy/learn-fpga/pull/44 But target repository license is BSD-3-Clause License, and this repository license is Apache License 2.0.

I'm not sure about their compatibility.

Is it possible to allow to share these files under some very permissive license, like BSD, CC0 or public domain? I think a lot of projects may want these files.

umarcor commented 3 years ago

IANAL, but since none of Apache 2.0 or BSD-3-Clause are viral, you can mix them in a project and distribute them together, without any issue. See https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/40561/is-bsd-license-compatible-with-apache.

xobs commented 3 years ago

That was my understanding as well. I originally picked Apache 2.0 because it's like the BSD license, but with an explicit patent clause. As far as I'm aware, there is no restriction to mix the two. I believe it's even possible to use it in a GPL project without issue, though that is not legal advice.