Subject:
Re: [gnupic] PIC32 C32 GCC Source Code Released
From:
"Xiaofan Chen" ####@####.####
Date:
7 Nov 2007 01:28:57 +0000
Message-Id: <a276da400711061728m68542dcak9304ebb89a1a1540@mail.gmail.com>
On 11/7/07, Xiaofan Chen ####@####.#### wrote:
> On 11/7/07, Peter Stuge ####@####.#### wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 07:51:14AM +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> > > The following terms shall apply to Standard Library files:
> >
> > Can these files be re-distributed freely?
> > In that case it would be simple to include them in a pic32mx-gcc
> > package.
> >
>
> I do not think the headers and the C peripheral libraries are freely
> redistributable (they are so called IP of Microchip). Some of the C
> libraries are covered by BSD license and are freely redistributable.
> Some of the others are covered by MIPS license and I am not so
> sure about them.
>
For your reference: full MPLAB C32 License Agreement is enclosed.
I am not a lawyer. ;-)
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