Simple project for a CS student. A wrapper with a libftdi interface calling libftd2xx, as a project using a LGPL license
So any user can take their binary copy of OpenOCD linked against libftdi and simply replace the libftdi dll file, no need to play with system files or drivers. Is such a library illegal ? Who would have standing to complain ? - FTDI ? no their libray and driver is called in accordance with their documentation. - OpenOCD ? nobody has touched a single line of OpenOCD code - Copyright holders of libftdi, Intra2Net AG ? no, libftdi is LGPL and the new library would only use the header file in accordance with LGPL section 3. Would it work? with a bit of tweaking I would think so. Is this a blatant attempt just to work around the problems with OpenOCD, GPL and libftd2xx ? What do I know ? Maybe yes, but that does not make it illegal. Regards Magnus _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
