Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Using USRP/GNURADIO Commercially

[Philip Balister]

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Eric Blossom <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 12:26:03AM -0700, Choolo wrote:
>>
>> Matt-John wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> > We are planning to use USRP/GNURADIO core to produce some commercial
>> > products. Is this legal ? If not, how we can make it legal ? We dont want
>> > to start anything not legal, so the answer is important.Thanks.
>> >
>> > Matt
>>
>> I am also interested in knowing the answer to this question.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Cho Bonus
>
> IANAL.  You'll want to talk to one.
>
> As long as you observe the terms that the code is licensed under, you
> are free to do with the USRP and GNU Radio as you like.  GNU Radio is
> licensed under the GNU General Public License, v3 or later.  The FPGA
> portion of the USRP is licensed under the GNU General Public License,
> v2 or later.
>
> The GPL v3 is here:
>  http://gnuradio.org/trac/browser/gnuradio/trunk/COPYING?format=raw
>
>
> You should seek professional legal advice and be sure that you
> understand the terms of the license.

This book might help you understand the issues:

http://www.amazon.com/Open-Source-Licensing-Software-Intellectual/dp/0131487876

Philip