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diff --git a/nuttx/COPYING b/nuttx/COPYING deleted file mode 100644 index b3655265d..000000000 --- a/nuttx/COPYING +++ /dev/null @@ -1,235 +0,0 @@ -COPYING -- Describes the terms under which Nuttx is distributed. A -copy of the BSD-style licensing is included in this file. In my -words -- I believe that you should free to use NuttX in any -environment, private, private, commercial, open, closed, etc. -provided only that you repect the modest copyright notices as -described in license (below). Please feel free to contact me if you -have any licensing concerns. - -NuttX -^^^^^^ - -License for NuttX in general (authorship of individual files may vary): -/************************************************************************* - * - * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved. - * Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org> - * - * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without - * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions - * are met: - * - * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright - * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. - * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright - * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in - * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the - * distribution. - * 3. Neither the name NuttX nor the names of its contributors may be - * used to endorse or promote products derived from this software - * without specific prior written permission. - * - * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS - * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT - * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS - * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE - * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, - * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, - * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS - * OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED - * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT - * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN - * ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE - * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. - * - *************************************************************************/ - -FAT Long File Names -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - - NOTE: If CONFIG_FAT_LFN is defined in your NuttX configuration file, then - there may be some legal, patent issues. The following was extracted from - the entry "File Allocation Table from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: - - "On December 3, 2003 Microsoft announced it would be offering licenses - for use of its FAT specification and 'associated intellectual property', - at the cost of a US$0.25 royalty per unit sold, with a $250,000 maximum - royalty per license agreement. - - o "U.S. Patent 5,745,902 (http://www.google.com/patents?vid=5745902) - - Method and system for accessing a file using file names having - different file name formats. ... - o "U.S. Patent 5,579,517 (http://www.google.com/patents?vid=5579517) - - Common name space for long and short filenames. ... - o "U.S. Patent 5,758,352 (http://www.google.com/patents?vid=5758352) - - Common name space for long and short filenames. ... - o "U.S. Patent 6,286,013 (http://www.google.com/patents?vid=6286013) - - Method and system for providing a common name space for long and - short file names in an operating system. ... - - "Many technical commentators have concluded that these patents only cover - FAT implementations that include support for long filenames, and that - removable solid state media and consumer devices only using short names - would be unaffected. ..." - - This Wikipedia entry has been updated with recent legal decisions in favor - of Microsoft. Refer to: - - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#Legal_issues - - So you have been forewarned: Use the long filename at your own risk! - -uIP -^^^ - -Many lower-level networking components of NuttX derive from uIP which -has a similar BSD style license: - - Copyright (c) 2001-2003, Adam Dunkels. - All rights reserved. - -IGMP -^^^^ - -IGMP support, if enabled in uIP, adds additional logic by Steve Reynolds: - - Copyright (c) 2002 CITEL Technologies Ltd. - All rights reserved. - -The HID Parser in drivers/usbhost -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - - Adapted from the LUFA Library (MIT license): - - Copyright 2011 Dean Camera (dean [at] fourwalledcubicle [dot] com) - dean [at] fourwalledcubicle [dot] com, www.lufa-lib.org - - Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this - software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted - without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in - all copies and that both that the copyright notice and this - permission notice and warranty disclaimer appear in supporting - documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in - advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the - software without specific, written prior permission. - - The author disclaim all warranties with regard to this - software, including all implied warranties of merchantability - and fitness. In no event shall the author be liable for any - special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages - whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether - in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, - arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of - this software. - -Certain functions in the NuttX C-library derive from other BSD-compatible -sources: - -fs/nfs: -^^^^^^^ - - NFS: - - Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995 The Regents of the University of - California. All rights reserved. - - and RPC also has: - - Copyright (c) 2004 The Regents of the University of Michigan. - Copyright (c) 2004 Weston Andros Adamson <muzzle@umich.edu>. - Copyright (c) 2004 Marius Aamodt Eriksen <marius@umich.edu>. - - The University of Michigan uses a modified BSD license equivalent to - the NuttX license. The University of California code uses the original - BSD license and requires that I state the following: - - "This product includes software developed by the University of - California, Berkeley and its contributors." - -strtod(): -^^^^^^^^ - - Copyright (C) 2002 Michael Ringgaard. All rights reserved. - Copyright (C) 2006-2007 H. Peter Anvin. - -dtoa(): -^^^^^^ - - If you enable floating point conversions with CONFIG_LIBC_FLOATINGPOINT, - then some files with an unmodified BSD license will be included. That - license is similar to the above (modified) BSD license, but has an - additional requirement that I state the following: - - "This product includes software developed by the University of - California, Berkeley and its contributors." - -libc/string/lib_vikmemcpy.c -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - - If you enable CONFIG_MEMCPY_VIK, then you will build with the optimized - version of memcpy from Daniel Vik. Licensing information for that version - of memcpy() follows: - - Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Daniel Vik - - This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied - warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any - damages arising from the use of this software. - Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any - purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and - redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions: - - 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you - must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you - use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the - use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the - product documentation would be appreciated but is not - required. - - 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and - must not be misrepresented as being the original software. - - 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source - distribution. - -libc/math -^^^^^^^^^ - - If you enable CONFIG_LIB, you will build the math library at libc/math. - This library was taken from the math library developed for the Rhombus - OS by Nick Johnson (https://github.com/nickbjohnson4224/rhombus). This - port was contributed by Darcy Gong. The Rhombus math library has this - compatible MIT license: - - Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Nick Johnson <nickbjohnson4224 at gmail.com> - - Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any - purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above - copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. - - THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES - WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF - MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. 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