Re: [Qemu-devel] CMSIS SVD based peripheral definitions

[Liviu Ionescu]

> On 17 Jan 2017, at 13:09, Peter Maydell <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> losing the license info and attribution

inside the SVD files there is no license info or attribution.

the files themselves were created by the silicon vendors, but are distributed 
by ARM, inside the CMSIS Packs.

the original CMSIS license stated:

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1.1 CMSIS DELIVERABLES
ARM hereby grants to you, subject to the terms and conditions of this Licence, 
a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence, to use and copy the CMSIS 
Deliverables for the purpose of:

(i) subject to clause 1.5(i), developing, having developed, manufacturing, 
having manufactured, offering to sell, selling, supplying or otherwise 
distributing products that comply with the CMSIS Deliverables; ...

1.5 CONDITIONS ON REDISTRIBUTION.

(i) If you distribute (directly or through your customers and authorised 
distributors) the products you have created pursuant to Clause 1.1 (i) you 
agree: (a) not to use ARM’s name, logo or trademarks to market any or all of 
the products created under Clause 1.1 (i); (b) to preserve any copyright 
notices included in the CMSIS Deliverables; and (c) to ensure your customers 
and authorised distributors comply with this Clause 1.5(i).
---

starting with CMSIS 5, ARM switched to Apache 2, exactly to relax licensing. as 
far as I can tell, there are no "patent, trademark, and attribution notices 
from the Source form of the Work" related to the SVD files.

if ARM wants these files used largely, but FSF refuses them, I think FSF has a 
problem.


regards,

Liviu