On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 10:52 AM <kristof.mul...@telenet.be> wrote:
>
> Hi Antonio,
>
> > I'm really skeptical they would agree to change the license.
>
> Why would they not agree? They sell hardware. If more people can use their 
> hardware (eg. through OpenOCD), that's better for their sales.

What you say is true, but choosing a license is part of the business
model of a company.
Personally I don't believe they will change the license just because
of one request from a user. And anyway such change will take ages.
But it's worth trying..

Antonio

>
> Kind regards,
> Kristof
>
> ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> Van: "Antonio Borneo" <borneo.anto...@gmail.com>
> Aan: "kristof mulier" <kristof.mul...@telenet.be>
> Cc: "openocd-devel" <openocd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Verzonden: Maandag 11 oktober 2021 10:47:25
> Onderwerp: Re: Porting the P&E Multilink Universal adapter
>
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 9:52 AM <kristof.mul...@telenet.be> wrote:
> >
> > Did anyone contact P&E Micro directly, to ask them if they can change the 
> > license on that dll?
> >
> > If not - I'm willing to give it a try ^_^
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Kristof Mulier
>
> Hi Kristof,
> thanks for your offer.
>
> I'm really skeptical they would agree to change the license.
>
> It could be more realistic asking for the USB protocol description,
> eventually under NDA, limited to the only purpose of supporting their
> adapter in OpenOCD.
> But in this case, we need someone interested/available in doing the
> driver's coding.
>
> Antonio

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