ThePassionate commented on PR #18017: URL: https://github.com/apache/nuttx/pull/18017#issuecomment-3768219574
> @ThePassionate the term "PROPRIETARY_COMPONENTS" is too broad, and in fact the license used on whetstone benchmark it not proprietary, but a permissive "non-standard" (like BSD, MIT, APACHE, etc) > > This is what chatgpt reported about this license: > > ``` > What license is this? > > It is best described as a custom permissive license with attribution and notice-retention requirements. > > Key points: > > Copyright is explicitly retained > > “(c) Copyright 1998 Painter Engineering, Inc. > All Rights Reserved.” > > A specific permission grant follows > > “Permission is granted to use, duplicate, and publish this text and program…” > > The permission is conditional > > “…as long as it includes this entire comment block and limited rights reference.” > > So this is not public domain, and not a copyleft license. > > What are you allowed to do? > > Explicitly allowed: > > ✔ Use the software > ✔ Copy / duplicate it > ✔ Publish / redistribute it (source or binary) > > There is no restriction on: > > Commercial use > > Modification > > Private or internal use > > What are the obligations? > > You must: > > Preserve the entire comment block > You cannot remove, shorten, or rewrite it. > > Preserve the copyright and rights notice > Including: > > Copyright > > “All Rights Reserved” > > Permission text > > Attribution to Painter Engineering and Rich Painter > > Failing to do this means you lose the permission to use or redistribute. > > What is not granted? > > Not explicitly granted: > > ❌ Patent license > ❌ Warranty disclaimer > ❌ Liability disclaimer > ❌ Right to relicense under a different license > ❌ Right to remove attribution > ``` > > So, although it is not a standard open-source license, it is not proprietary. Thanks, i have updated to CUSTOM_COMPONENTS. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
