on the other hand, plugin based openocd, which should load non-free
library for debugging targets, is nice idea.
in such case openocd and openocd-dev{,el} packages should remain gpl
and distributable in any distro and closed source drivers/plugins only
in non-free repositories.
something like drivers in kernelbest regards jiri On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 08:16:14PM +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 6:21 AM, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to add support for a new JTAG/SWD interface adapter called EUD > > (embedded usb debugger) for openOCD. I'm adding a source file (eud.c) in > > "src/jtag/drivers/" folder. I'm using proprietary "headers" and supplied > > DLL file to link with my source. > > I do not want to spoil the fun but last time there was a long and kind of > ugly discussions about linking openocd (GPL license) with proprietary > libraries (ftdi d2xx in that case) and the conclusion was that you can not > redistribute the openocd binary you build this way to the public. > https://sourceforge.net/p/openocd/mailman/openocd-devel/thread/1245813300.8477.545.camel%40localhost/ > > So you need to take note of this. > > BTW, the issue then becomes a non-issue now since the ftdi mpsse > backend kind of make the d2xx backend not really needed and OpenOCD > has removed the obsolete d2xx support. > > -- > Xiaofan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > OpenOCD-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openocd-devel
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