Re: [OpenOCD-devel] Possible GPL violation

[Márton M. <mar...@gm...>]

Hello Valentin,

I think your support contact have not understood exactly what you have
requested (OpenOCD sources != Soft Console sources).

I would reply them with something similar:

"I am only interested in the source code of the modified OpenOCD component.
This tool is open source, licensed under the terms of the GPL v2 license.
See here: https://sourceforge.net/p/openocd/code/ci/master/tree/COPYING *
Please share the modified source codes with me as it is required by this
license. "

--- Note: if they bounded the License to the SoftConsole somewhere it might
be better to point them to the installation file C:/Program
Files/whatever/COPYING ---

Usually getting the source from these kind of vendors is problematic, but
if you are persistent enough you should succeed.

Üdvözlettel,
Márton Miklós
+36-70-3960-009

2017-03-07 13:12 GMT+01:00 Горелов Валентин Владимирович <gor...@bp...>:

> Hello.
>
> I’m a user of the Microsemi SoftConsole IDE (https://www.microsemi.com/
> products/fpga-soc/design-resources/design-software/softconsole)
>
> The distribution of this IDE (the Windows installer) includes a modified
> version of OpenOCD which supports the Microsemi proprietary FlashPro
> programmer.
>
> But the source codes of OpenOCD are not included in the distribution.
> Moreover, Microsemi rejects to send them on request.
>
> I’d sent a message to their support:
>
> “
>
> *Hello. I’m a user of your SoftConsole IDE. It comes with a modified
> version of OpenOCD which supports FlashPRO programmer. But the distribution
> (the Windows installer) doesn’t seem to contain the sources. **Tell me
> please how I can get them.*
>
> “
>
> And the answer was:
>
> “
>
> *Hi Valentin, I regret to inform you that we would not be able to share
> the source code for the Soft Console with you. **Thanks for contacting
> Microsemi.*
>
> “
>
>
>
> I have had a problem with their version of OpenOCD (it fails to shut down
> while working with Eclipse, not SoftConsole) and I’m willing to
> investigate. But I can’t do it without the sources.
>
>
>
> Sorry for bad English,
>
> Valentin Gorelov.
>
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