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+Licensing
+^^^^^^^^^
+
+This directory contains miscellaneous NuttX add-ons and utilities.
+NuttX is retained separately for maintenance and licensing reasons.
+NuttX has a BSD-style license. However, the contents of this
+directory have have other license restrictions.
+
+The licensing of the components of this directory are summarized
+below:
+
+ buildroot:
+ Description: GNU toolchain build environment. Derived from
+ http://buildroot.uclibc.org/
+ License: GPLv2
+
+ pascal:
+ Description: Pascal compiler with NuttX runtime add-on.
+ License: BSD
+ sims:
+ Description: This is a repository of instruction set simulators
+ that were used to verify NuttX. The licensing of the
+ instruction set simulators vary
+
+ sims/z80sim:
+ You are well comecom to use the source files provided in
+ this directory for any purpose. However, the core of the Z80
+ emulation is based on a proprietary-but-free-to-use
+ instruction set emulator. That emulation is not included
+ in this directory, but is automatically downloaded when
+ z80sim is built.