[En-Nut-Discussion] Does tiva still have that stupid header license?

[Philipp Burch]

Hi Uwe!

On 18.01.21 19:14, Uwe Bonnes wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> did TI get to their senses and put the tiva header under a sensible license at some point?
> I'd like to merge devnut-tiva.

I was a bit disappointed when I saw that there are still no headers for 
download, just their huge Windows executable containing the whole 
software stuff:

https://www.ti.com/tool/download/SW-TM4C

But TI obviously changed something. There are apparently no more CMSIS 
headers included, but a folder of header files with part and component 
definitions, starting with this kind of license:


//*****************************************************************************
//
// tm4c1294ncpdt.h - TM4C1294NCPDT Register Definitions
//
// Copyright (c) 2013-2020 Texas Instruments Incorporated.  All rights 
reserved.
// Software License Agreement
//
//   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
//   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
//   are met:
//
//   Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
//   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
//
//   Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
//   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
//   documentation and/or other materials provided with the
//   distribution.
//
//   Neither the name of Texas Instruments Incorporated nor the names of
//   its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
//   from this software without specific prior written permission.
//
// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
//
// This is part of revision 2.2.0.295 of the Tiva Firmware Development 
Package.
//
//*****************************************************************************


Looks like we've been heard :) The toplevel directory even includes a 
file named TI-BSD-EULA.txt with this content. So assuming that TI does 
not decide to obsolete the whole series during the next months, it could 
actually be beneficial for others to finally merge the devnut_tiva 
branch. But I should first integrate those new headers and check if the 
stuff still works...

Bye,
Philipp