Hardware
/
litex
mirror of https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litex.git
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Change license to 2-clause BSD

This commit is contained in:
Sebastien Bourdeauducq 2013-04-15 23:55:30 +02:00
parent 8e11fcf1d0
commit ceb0a99d83
2 changed files with 45 additions and 45 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

65
LICENSE
View File

@ -1,44 +1,31 @@
Migen is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation, version 3 of the License. This program is
distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
more details.
Unless otherwise noted, Migen is copyright (C) 2011-2013 Sebastien Bourdeauducq.
The simulation extension (as mentioned in the comments at the beginning of the
corresponding source files) is copyright (C) 2012 Vermeer Manufacturing Co. All
rights reserved.
Additional permissions under section 7 of the GNU General Public License
(GPL) are hereby granted. The purpose of this exception is to allow
non-GPL (including proprietary) logic cores to be used in conjunction
with code generated by Migen in a design.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
"Generated" code refers to Verilog or VHDL code that has been obtained
by converting FHDL structures using Migen.
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.
To "instantiate" is to include and connect another module as specified
in section 12.1.2 of the IEEE standard 1364-2001 or in section 9.6 of
the IEEE standard 1076-1993.
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.
(1) You have permission to propagate a work of generated code that
instantiates modules that are not generated code and do not comply
with the GPL.
(2) You have permission to propagate a work of Verilog or VHDL code that
is not generated code, does not comply with the GPL and instantiates
generated code.
The availability of this exception does not imply any general
presumption that third-party software is unaffected by the copyleft
requirements of the license of Migen.
Unless otherwise noted, Migen's source code is copyright (C) 2011-2012
Sebastien Bourdeauducq.
The simulation extension (as mentioned in the comments at the beginning
of the corresponding source files) is copyright (C) 2012 Vermeer
Manufacturing Co.
Other authors retain ownership of their contributions. If a submission
can reasonably be considered independently copyrightable, it's yours and
I encourage you to claim it with appropriate copyright notices. This
submission then falls under the "otherwise noted" category. All
submissions must use a license compatible with the GPL and the exception
above.
Other authors retain ownership of their contributions. If a submission can
reasonably be considered independently copyrightable, it's yours and we
encourage you to claim it with appropriate copyright notices. This submission
then falls under the "otherwise noted" category. All submissions are strongly
encouraged to use the two-clause BSD license reproduced above.

25
README
View File

@ -27,19 +27,32 @@ written in Python.
Migen is the foundation of the next-generation Milkymist SoC.
See the doc/ folder for a more complete description.
See the doc/ folder for more technical information.
Code repository:
https://github.com/milkymist/migen
New Milkymist SoC based on Migen:
https://github.com/milkymist/milkymist-ng
Migen is designed for Python 3.
Migen is designed for Python 3.3.
Send questions, comments and patches to devel [AT] lists.milkymist.org
There is a lot of room for improvement in many areas, contributions welcome.
We are also on IRC: #milkymist on the Freenode network.
Migen is released under the very permissive two-clause BSD license. Under the
terms of this license, you are authorized to use Migen for closed-source
proprietary designs.
Even though we do not require you to do so, those things are awesome, so please
do them if possible:
* tell us that you are using Migen
* put the Migen logo (doc/migen_logo.svg) on the page of a product using it,
with a link to milkymist.org
* cite Migen in publications related to research it has helped
* send us feedback and suggestions for improvements
* send us bug reports when something goes wrong
* send us the modifications and improvements you have done to Migen. The use
of "git format-patch" is recommended. If your submission is large and
complex and/or you are not sure how to proceed, feel free to discuss it on
the mailing list or IRC (#milkymist on Freenode) beforehand.
See LICENSE file for copyright and license info.
See LICENSE file for full copyright and license info. You can contact us on the
public mailing list devel [AT] lists.milkymist.org.
"Electricity! It's like magic!"