Stm32cubemx, 68 sets of components, following 10 open source protocols

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In the process of embedded development , We will use many tools and software , Some are paid software , Some are free software .

among , There are many free software tools , But free is also subject to certain terms of the agreement .

Development STM32 We should all know ,ST The ecological environment Do a good job of it , Many of these development tools are free ：STM32CubeMX、 STM32CubeIDE、 STM32CubeProg、 STM32CubeMonitor And many others can be used for free for a long time .

Free does not mean unlimited , that , Do you know what agreement these tools should follow ？ Do you care about open source protocols ？

Every free software tool , There is an agreement , Here we share STM32CubeMX The terms of the agreement given ： It includes 68 Set of components , To follow 10 Open source agreement .

10 Open source agreement ：

• Apache-2.0

• BSD-3-clause

• EPL-1.0

• LGPL-2.1

• MIT

• MPL-1.1

• JSON License

• LZMA License

• JDOM License

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What is an open source agreement ？ What are the common open source protocols ？

Open source licenses , It is a kind of open source software “ constraint ”.

The open source agreement defines your rights and responsibilities when using open source software , That's what you can do , What can't be done .

Although the open source agreement does not necessarily have legal effect , But when it comes to software copyright disputes , The open source protocol is also one of the most important evidences .

such as ： I wrote a software myself , Open source , You can take it DIY、 For project development , But you can't sell my open source software for money .

Common famous open source tools , There are usually additional files / Document description ：

Open source code , Generally, there will be descriptions of open source protocols followed in the source code ：

What are the common open source protocols ？

There are many open source protocols in the world , There are also many versions . Many open source software we see on the market 、 Tools generally have open source agreement terms .

There are several commonly used ：

• GPL

• BSD

• Apache

• MIT

• LGPL

• ······
  

Each protocol may have different versions , such as V1、V2 edition . Various agreements may have the same agreement , such as ： Copy freely 、 Spread freely 、 Free modification, etc .

Please refer to the content I shared before ： What is the open source agreement ？

There used to be a lot RTOS Are open source charges , Now open source and free , It also modifies the relevant open source agreements , For example, I shared with you before ：µC/OS、FreeRTOS、RT-Thread、ThreadX The details of the open source agreement

Last , If it's a person , Or small companies use some open source software 、 Tools , May not care about the details of those agreements , If it's a big company , You need to know more about these agreements .

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