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## 1. Definitions
The LibreSilicon Public License, LSPL for short, should:
 
# be based on the AGPL
### 1.1. "This License" refers to version 1 of the LibreSilicon Public Licence.
# cover software, HDL code, schematics, layouts and netlists
 
# allow dynamic linking of libraries in closed-source projects, like in the LGPL
### 1.2. "The Program" refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this License. Each licensee is addressed as "you". "Licensees" and "recipients" may be individuals or organizations.
# extend the dynamic linking policy from the LGPL to IP-cores licensed under the LSPL
 
# make use of the legal protection of topographies (layout designs) of semiconductor products
### 1.3. "Source form" means the preferred form for making modifications, including but not limited to software source code, documentation source, and configuration files.
 
1.4. "Object form" means any form resulting from mechanical transformation or translation of a Source form, including but not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation, and conversions to other media types.
 
1.5. "Work" refers to the Program or any portion of it, and includes any work that is distributed or published, in whole or in part, under the terms of this License.
 
1.6. "Use" refers to the act of running the Program or any portion of it, or of linking the Program with a Dynamically linked library.
 
1.7. "Dynamically linked" refers to a linking method where the component parts of the program are not combined into a single executable file at compile time, but instead are linked together at run-time.
 
1.8. "Schematics" refers to the drawings, diagrams, or other visual representations of the physical design of an electronic device or circuit.
 
1.9. "Layouts" refers to the physical layout of an electronic device or circuit, including but not limited to the placement of components and the routing of interconnects.
 
1.10. "Netlists" refers to a description of an electronic design, listing the components and their interconnections.
 
1.11. "HDL code" refers to Hardware Description Language, a specialized programming language used to describe the behavior and structure of digital and mixed-signal systems
 
2. Copying and distribution
 
2.1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program.
 
2.2. You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.
 
2.3. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 2.1 above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:
 
2.3.1. You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
 
2.3.2. You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License.
 
2.3.3. If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to print an announcement.)
 
2.4. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a portion of it, under Section 2.3) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 2.1 and 2.2 provided that you also do one of the following:
 
2.4.1. Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 2.1 and 2.2; or,
 
2.4.2. Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 2.1 and 2.2; or,
 
2.4.3. Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative is allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you received the program in object code or executable form with such an offer, in accord with Subsection 2.4.2 above.)
 
2.5. Schematics, Layouts, Netlists, and HDL code are considered as part of the Program, and must be subject to the terms of this License.
 
2.6. The output of running a covered work is covered by this License only if the output, given its content, constitutes a covered work. This License acknowledges your rights of fair use or other equivalent, as provided by copyright law.
 
2.7. You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program except

Latest revision as of 21:31, 29 January 2023

The LibreSilicon Public License, LSPL for short, should:

  1. be based on the AGPL
  2. cover software, HDL code, schematics, layouts and netlists
  3. allow dynamic linking of libraries in closed-source projects, like in the LGPL
  4. extend the dynamic linking policy from the LGPL to IP-cores licensed under the LSPL
  5. make use of the legal protection of topographies (layout designs) of semiconductor products
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