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The ARM headers are under the actual BSD 3-clause license. Is this compatible as well?
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Here is my fork of the micropython tree that will run on the EFR32 SOC in Ikea's Tradfri smarthome devices. https://github.com/osresearch/micropython/tree/efm32/ports/efm32
Silicon Labs publishes headers for their EFM32/EFR32 chips under a license that is almost BSD 3-clause. Is this compatible with Micropython's MIT license?
This BSD-like license is more restrictive (has more conditions) than MIT, but this project already uses a lot of other components with other licenses (eg mynewt-nimble with Apache 2.0, littlefs with BSD 3-clause, stm32lib with custom license) so it should be ok. Best as a submodule though, in the lib/
directory.
The ARM headers are under the actual BSD 3-clause license. Is this compatible as well?
That is fine, other components already use BSD 3-clause.
In the end it's up to the end-user of MicroPython to ensure they comply with all license requirements for the components they use, whatever they may be. The aim is to keep the core code pure MIT to make it easier to integrate that part into any product/project/etc.
Here is my fork of the micropython tree that will run on the EFR32 SOC in Ikea's Tradfri smarthome devices.
Very nice! It would be good to have support for these MCUs in this repository, the main thing being that it requires someone with time to be able to maintain it...
Silicon Labs publishes headers for their EFM32/EFR32 chips under a license that is almost BSD 3-clause. Is this compatible with Micropython's MIT license? Can these headers be included into a port for their board?