Hi, You are neither doing publication nor distribution of ASxxxx or ASLINK for commercial use, so I don't see any problem. In other words, you may not sell the hammer but you can sell the chair you made with it. Compare the license of the old ASxxxx and ASLINK used with sdcc (version 1.7) and the newest versions of ASxxxx and ASLINK (version 4.11) at
http://shop-pdp.kent.edu/ashtml/asxget.htm which is of course different, but more explicit in that regard: "This software is FREEWARE which means it is NOT public domain but fully copyrighted material that is distributed freely without money. Its electronic distribution through BBSs, the Internet, or other such means is encouraged provided no money is requested in return." So, as long as you are not selling ASxxxx or ASLINK you are fine. It is my opinion that you can do anything you want with the code you wrote and the resulting outputs of ASxxxx and ASLINK... Jesús At 10:01 PM 23/08/2007, you wrote: >Hi > The following licensing statement in the sdcc files was pointed >at me by coincidence: >"The ASxxxx assemblers and the ASLINK relocating linker are >placed in the Public Domain. Publication or distribution of >these programs for non-commercial use is hereby granted with the >stipulation that the copyright notice be included with all >copies." > I am using SDCC for commercial (but still no profit :) purposes. >I don't know how to write a linker but I would be willing to pay some >amount of money to someone willing to write it under some sensible >licence, compatible with the SDCC licencing. That is to say if this >statement is a real problem. > >Regards >Gudjon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Sdcc-user mailing list Sdcc-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sdcc-user
